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How Peter Dutton is winning the border wars against Anthony Albanese
Exclusive research shows the policy areas in which the Coalition’s messages are most effective against Labor.
- by David Crowe
Minns, Allan criticise feds over NDIS threat ahead of negotiations
- by Alexandra Smith, James Massola and Kieran Rooney
Opinion & Perspectives
Labor’s ‘Albanese experiment’ faces its moment of reckoning
It’s time for the government to take a cold hard look at what worsening polls mean for its experiment in governing quietly.
Sean Kelly
Columnist
Voters aren’t hearing us: The tough advice from Albanese’s inner circle
Labor’s national secretary told it straight to the prime minister and party officials on Friday: the government’s messages aren’t reaching households.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Chaos and a whiff of Hunger Games: Lehrmann case shines light on lives of young political staffers
In the febrile pre-election atmosphere of March 2019, the paths of two young Liberal staffers converged in a fateful way.
Deborah Snow
Senior writer
Federal
RBA poised to deliver pre-Christmas cheer to hard-pressed borrowers
The Reserve Bank board holds its last meeting of the year on Tuesday. Borrowers may get an early Christmas present with interest rates likely to be held steady.
- by Shane Wright
Labor MP Peta Murphy dies aged 50
Murphy was a public defender before winning the Melbourne seat of Dunkley in 2019, rising to become chair of the House of Representatives committee on social policy and legal affairs.
- by David Crowe
Exclusive
Political leadership
How Peter Dutton is winning the border wars against Anthony Albanese
- by David Crowe
Queensland
New South Wales
Minns, Allan criticise feds over NDIS threat ahead of negotiations
- by Alexandra Smith, James Massola and Kieran Rooney
Victoria
Property, politics and the curious case of the old Kangan TAFE
- by Royce Millar and Rachael Dexter
