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    Scitech promised $100m for major upgrades under Labor

  2. Federal election 2025CommentsPrice of power puts Albanese under pressure

  3. Federal PoliticsDutton’s plan to get Aussie students into trades

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    Dutton’s confident performance not enough to knock PM out

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    Albanese brings heft of being prime minister to debate

Anthony Albanese has not said whether or not there was a request from Russia to set up an airbase in Indonesia. Anadolu

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Moscow slams AUKUS as Indonesian base scare rocks election

Russia has sensationally argued its relationship with Jakarta poses less of a threat than AUKUS, after reports Moscow had requested access to an Indonesian air base triggered a political firestorm.

Ellen Ransley

The housing debate failed to nail down any answers on the lips of voters.

Federal election 2025CommentsHighly anticipated housing debate fails to nail down answers

Labor and the Coalition have shirked questions about how to define ‘sustainable’ house price growth and failed to provide certainty on supply-side targets in a heated debate. 

Ellen Ransley and Jackson Hewett

Member for Swan Zaneta Mascarenhas, Member for Tangney Sam Lim and Member for Fremantle Josh Wilson at Jirdarup Busland Reserve.

Federal election 2025CommentsPremiumFour metro sites to share in $4.3m Labor funding pledge

Assistant minister for Climate Change and Energy & Fremantle MP Josh Wilson, was joined by three other current sitting members, all in battle mode to retain their seats.

Oliver Lane

Anthony Albanese is ambushed by alt-right protesters.

Federal election 2025CommentsAlbanese ambushed by alt-right protesters at Melbourne hotel

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been verbally bombarded in a hotel lobby in the latest security scare of the Federal election campaign. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Rick Wilson, Senator Slade Brockman and Dr Rick Fenny.

Federal election 2025PremiumIncumbent O’Connor member launches campaign in Nanarup

Liberal incumbent Rick Wilson officially kicked off his fifth campaign for the seat of for O’Connor on Monday, with the May 3 Federal election just weeks away. 

Melissa Sheil

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail in Victoria today with Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Deakin candidate Matt Gregg and Carina Garland.

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Labor waits to release details of $10b housing plan

Voters will have to wait until closer to election day for the full costings of the Federal Government’s $10 billion pledge to build new homes for first-time buyers.

Katina Curtis

Emma Garlett is a legal academic and Nyiyaparli-Yamatji-Nyungar woman

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Indigenous affairs are off the agenda after referendum loss

Neither Labor nor the Coalition have wanted to talk about Indigenous affairs. They’ve gone silent on truth-telling, reconciliation and commitment to finally closing the gap. 

Emma Garlett

Emma Garlett

Soft voters want to be lured back, they just need a reason, write Andrew Carswell.

Federal election 2025CommentsSoft voters want to be lured back, they just need a reason

ANDREW CARSWELL: It may be the thinnest of silver linings, but for all the smirks and chest-beating in Camp Albanese, Labor is failing to capitalise on the Coalition’s bleeding primary vote.

Andrew Carswell

The Prime Minister spent Tuesday morning laughing with reporters during a jovial press conference.

Federal Election 2025‘Bring you undone’: Expert’s warning to over-confident Albo

Halfway through the election campaign, Anthony Albanese’s confidence is soaring but experts warn the fine line between conviction and hubris could be his downfall. 

Katina Curtis

WesTrac CEO Jarvas Croome is pictured with a CAT 793 NG.

Federal election 2025CommentsPremiumWesTrac boss calls for clarity amid global trade turmoil

WesTrac boss Jarvas Croome has called on the next Federal government to step up and show strong leadership that will give business the confidence to make long-term decisions in the face of a global trade war.

Cheyanne Enciso

John Howard visits Perth ahead of the Federeal Election in support of Howard Ong Liberal for Tangney on April 15, 2025 Matt Jelonek

Federal PoliticsPremiumHoward says PM is out of his depth and ‘no Bob Hawke’

Former prime pinister John Howard has slammed Anthony Albanese, saying ‘he is no Bob Hawke’ while in Perth for a Liberal event in the swing seat of Tangney last night.

Oliver Lane

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail In the VIC.

Federal election 2025CommentsPrime Minister bats away housing expert policy analysis

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton continued to battle over whose housing plan would best serve the nation.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have condemned the Greens for planning to hold a dance party political fundraiser on Anzac Day in Perth. (Mick Tsikas, Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

The West Australian exclusive
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RSL WA president slams Greens’ Anzac Day dance party

Anger over the Greens plan to hold a rave on Anzac Day to raise political funds in Perth has led to a major backflip with the event now canned amid widespread condemnation. 

Katina Curtis

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