This Month
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Labor makes bracket creep worse for middle Australia
Labor’s tax rejig may be politically popular in the short term. But it only intensifies a major structural problem in the economy.
- The AFR View
In this mall, the tax cuts are going down a treat
A March byelection in the Victorian seat of Dunkley will be the first big electoral test for Labor’s tax revamp. If one morning’s vox popping is a guide, it’s onto a winner.
- Gus McCubbing
Scott Morrison calls time on politics, sets up another byelection
The former prime minister – the first to complete a full term since John Howard – will quit next month after securing global advisory roles in defence.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Opinion
Like it or not, the Middle East runs through our politics
The Dunkley by-election will be fought and lost on kitchen table issues. But it is a distant conflict that is piling pressure on political parties and even the national broadcaster.
- Laura Tingle
Albanese considers fast-tracking cost-of-living relief
The prime minister has opened the door to bringing forward measures to before the May federal budget, as Labor faces a crucial byelection test in Melbourne.
- John Kehoe
Libs pick local mayor for ‘high stakes’ Dunkley byelection
Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy has been chosen to run in the crucial seat, but admits he faces a tough ask given Labor’s 6.3 per cent margin.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
PM claims credit for inflation fall as he unveils byelection pick
Anthony Albanese has drawn battle lines over Peter Dutton’s record as health minister ahead of the crucial Dunkley byelection.
- Andrew Tillett
December 2023
Labor MP Peta Murphy dies after cancer fight
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was emotional as he confirmed that the Dunkley MP died at home at age 50.
- Tom McIlroy
July 2023
- Analysis
- Political leadership
Dear Albo, here’s why Fadden shows your honeymoon is over
Young voters deserted Labor in the Fadden byelection and renters turned on the Greens. Tarting up the result as anything other than trouble for the Albanese government is a mistake.
- John Black
Labor admits to Qld problem after Fadden defeat
The Albanese government has conceded it has a Queensland quandary after the Liberal National Party scored a solid byelection victory, including winning back many of the voters it lost at the federal election.
- Phillip Coorey
- Analysis
- Jim Chalmers
Fadden highlights Albanese’s Queensland dilemma
Labor’s claim that Fadden was a poor result for the Coalition was like the Poms claiming they really won the first two Ashes Tests.
- Phillip Coorey
Morale boost for Dutton as Libs win Fadden
Peter Dutton and the Coalition have secured a solid victory in the byelection for the Gold Coast seat of Fadden, providing a sorely-needed morale boost.
- Phillip Coorey
Polls close in telling Fadden byelection
The federal Coalition is eyeing a much-needed byelection win as polling closes in the Queensland seat of Fadden.
- Updated
- Rachael Ward and Duncan Murray
Byelection a cost of living test for Labor
Cost of living issues are biting even in the mostly wealthy federal seat of Fadden, ahead of Saturday’s by-election. The LNP wants voters to blame the Albanese government.
- Mark Ludlow
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
The Voice risks becoming a lightning rod for broader discontent
The conundrum for Anthony Albanese is that the more he talks about the Voice, the crankier a large demographic of voters becomes. At the same time, it is not in his political interest for it to fail. Far from it.
- Phillip Coorey
Byelection is about Albo, not robo-debt: Dutton
Royal commission findings against Scott Morrison and Stuart Robert will be trumped by cost of living pain, the Opposition Leader says.
- Tom McIlroy
June 2023
Fadden byelection a chance to protest the Voice: Dutton
Anthony Albanese has urged the voters of Fadden to consider the chequered history of departed minister Stuart Robert at next month’s byelection.
- Phillip Coorey
May 2023
Labor hesitant to contest Fadden byelection
Labor’s hierarchy feels the Fadden byelection threatens to be a distraction in the build-up to the all-important national conference.
- Phillip Coorey
Dutton to face second byelection test as Robert formally quits
Stuart Robert officially resigned from parliament on Thursday, after criticism from Labor over his decision not to attend budget week sittings.
- Tom McIlroy
This is not Aston: Libs confident of holding Fadden
The Liberal Party is confident the factors behind its recent shock byelection loss will not be present in the Gold Coast seat.
- Phillip Coorey
