Federal election 2025

AARON PATRICK: Anthony Albanese launched the 2025 election with an attack on his opponent so deceptively brazen that it explains how Labor went from campaign lagger to front-runner in under two months.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has launched his official election pitch, promising Australians a better future under a Coalition Government and vowing to be the ‘prime minister for home affordability’.

In the minutes after Anthony Albanese announced the May 3 Federal election, the Liberal Party dropped the first election ad, where Peter Dutton called on the nation to ‘get our country back on track’. 

Australians will go to the polls in five weeks but already the barbs are flying thick and fast.

The election has been called and the countdown is on. Here are the 20 seats across the country that will be crucial in deciding who will be our next Prime Minister.

Australians will head to the polls on May 3, as the major parties start a five-week campaign across the country.

On Friday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an election following a well-worn path of his predecessors in going to the voters. These are the fascinating traditions playing out today.

The starting gun for the 2025 Federal election has finally been fired, sparking a crucial seven-day deadline every Australian should know about.

Australians will head to the polls in just a few weeks to vote in the next parliament of Australia. Here’s what you need to know.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Peter Dutton’s Budget reply speech needed to reassure voters he was focused on the one topic that mattered — cost of living. In doing so, he reminded voters that’s where Labor is vulnerable.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has announced a new National Gas Plan to reduce energy prices for Australians as a centrepiece of the Coalition’s election strategy in his much-awaited Budget reply.

The Coalition’s attempt to stymie Labor’s $5 a week tax cut with a $14-a-tank cut in the fuel excise has been described as ‘bonkers’ by one of Australia’s most experienced economists.

WATCH: In today’s episode, Ben O’Shea unpacks Peter Dutton’s promise to make fuel cheaper. Will it work, or would you rather a tax cut? Plus, Albo tipped to finally call the election.

NICOLA SMITH: Opposition Leader Peter Dutton must land one of the most pivotal speeches of his political career tonight