View from The Hill: Labor strongly ahead in Newspoll and Resolve, as election race enters final half
Labor’s confidence will be boosted by two polls showing it holding a strong lead, as Anthony Albanese carried off a
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Albanese pledges to make gender pay equity a Fair Work Act objective
Anthony Albanese on Sunday formally launched Labor’s campaign, with promises for low paid women, and aspiring home buyers. …
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Grattan on Friday: Managing post-COVID a delicate balance for Anthony Albanese
Philip Lowe mightn’t be a household name but the Reserve Bank governor finds himself catapulted right into the centre of this election campaign, in which events are proving more important than policies. …
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View from The Hill: Warring within Coalition over 2050 target brings some gold dust for ‘teals’
“The world has moved past Matt Canavan,” Nationals deputy leader David Littleproud declared on Wednesday, tossing his party colleague and
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Saul Eslake on why Reserve Bank needs to raise rates next week
Michelle Grattan speaks with independent economist Saul Eslake on whether the reserve bank will next week raise interest rates for the first time in an election campaign for the first time since 2007 …
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View from The Hill: Could going too negative on ‘teals’ do Liberals more harm than good?
As the government fights for its life, John Howard, the Liberals’ living icon, has been on the campaign trail. It’s
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View from The Hill: ‘The bug’ gives Albanese opportunity to sell the team but less time to sell himself
“Well, the boss has got the bug, so you’ve got me.” Labor campaign spokesman Jason Clare fronted the media the
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Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison fails the ‘character’ test posed by his Warringah candidate
There has been a great deal of debate about Scott Morrison’s ‘character’. Now, in the controversy over Liberal candidate Katherine Deves, we have seen the prime minister fail a significant character test. …
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Anthony Albanese confined to home for seven days after testing COVID positive
Labor’s worst fears have materialised with Anthony Albanese testing positive for COVID. …
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View from The Hill: Undecided voters give narrow victory to Albanese
The vote among the 100 undecided voters at Wednesday’s Sky News/Courier Mail people’s forum was a modest 40% victory for
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