Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to rule out a recession in Australia while Peter Dutton says there will be one ‘under Labor’.
Katina Curtis and Ellen Ransley
Nearly a quarter of voters watching Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton go head to head in the first election debate came away still undecided, reflecting a close election that is still anyone’s game.
Katina Curtis
An elected Coalition government would create a $1 billion gas war chest to fast-track projects aimed at slashing household energy bills, with Peter Dutton unveiling plans to cut prices by 3 per cent.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Katina Curtis
Peter Dutton was stern and composed in the first leaders’ debate but he appeared to fall short of convincing voters in the room the Coalition is the best economic manager.
Caitlyn Rintoul
The Coalition has back-flipped on its plan to force public servants into the office full-time amid a backlash from female voters and suburban families worried it would hurt their post-pandemic working lives.
Nationals leader David Littleproud wants Australia to give into Donald Trump’s demands on tariffs and buy even more American military hardware in an effort to placate the US President.
Stalled plans for the redevelopment of Cottesloe Beach — one of most iconic locations in WA — have received a $10m boost as Liberal leader Peter Dutton ups the ante in the fight to win the seat of Curtin.
Joe Spagnolo
Peter Dutton has landed in Perth promising millions of dollars to WA’s key industries during his first visit to the State since the campaign officially began.
Jessica Page, Katina Curtis and Oliver Lane
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has vowed to bring down power prices in West Australia by fast-tracking the approval of an exporting gas project.
Ellen Ransley
WA faces a big risk if the Albanese Government is returned for three more years. He might tell you that he is on your side, but we should judge his actions, not his words.
Peter Dutton
Peter Dutton has made his first election pitch to West Australians, promising to ‘back Western Australia and the industries that drive its economic success’ if he becomes Prime Minister.
The opponents agreed on two things in their opening election pitches: Australia is the greatest place on Earth, and voters have a clear choice ahead.
Australians will go to the polls in five weeks but already the barbs are flying thick and fast.
With Prime Minister Anthony Albanese poised to call an election as soon as Friday, Mr Dutton said repeatedly the choice ahead of Australians could not be clearer.
In the Trump age, how the next government, whether Labor or Coalition, will handle foreign affairs, defence and trade is shaping as crucially important.
Michelle Grattan
Both sides of politics have vowed to stare down the Trump Administration if it goes after Australia’s $18 billion medicine subsidy scheme
Ellen Ransley and Katina Curtis
Peter Dutton has walked back a proposal to hold a referendum on giving ministers the power to strip people’s citizenship but wants to include questions on anti-Semitism in the test to become an Australian.
Peter Dutton has vowed to end the stalemate over gas off WA’s North West coast within 30 days, if he becomes Prime Minister.
Jessica Page
Peter Dutton has hit the campaign trail in Perth ahead of a looming Federal election, but was reluctant to weigh in on a potential Liberal leadership battle in WA in the wake of the State poll.
Police get up before dawn and go to bed long after the rest of us. They deserve better than the politicking we have seen from Mr Dutton and his inexperienced and immature national security spokesperson.
Mark Dreyfus
KATINA CURTIS: Roger Cook’s victory shows voters in WA are open to an offering shaped around local jobs, manufacturing, better services and stable governance in times of global uncertainty.
Opposition Leader Dutton argued that Roger Cook’s ability to maintain his party’s popularity was by following in the footsteps of predecessor Mark McGowan and locking out the east coast.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has stridently defended his decades of multimillion-dollar property dealings while accusing the Prime Minister of slinging mud.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton claims Anthony Albanese will call an early election to avoid presenting a challenging Budget amid a cost-of-living crisis.
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