Federal election 2025

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese waves his Medicare card while announcing the election in a sign he’ll be employing scare tactics.

Albo’s brazen attack heralds another election scare campaign

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.

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Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton has launched his election pitch.

Peter Dutton lays out plan to become next prime minister

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’.

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

‘We will do better’: Dutton drops first election ad

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’. 

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Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese has called an election for May 3.

‘Sledgeathon’: Dutton hits back as PM starts attack campaign

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

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Here are the key seats Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will be targeting during the election campaign.

The 20 seats to watch that will determine our next PM

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.

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Labor's balance of power will be up for grabs when the nation heads to the polls in May. (Aap/AAP PHOTOS)

Order of the house: How things stand as nation sent to vote

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

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to call the election on Friday. This is how it works.

What happens when Anthony Albanese calls an election?

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.

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Australians have seven calendar days from the date the election is called to update their details or register with the AEC. Dan Peled / NewsWire

Crucial seven-day deadline for Aussie voters as election called

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

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Prime Minster Anthony Albanese has made his way to Government House to meet with Governor-General Sam Mostyn before calling the election. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Battlelines drawn: Albo sends Aussies to polls in ‘uncertain’ times

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.

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Peter Dutton

Dutton reminds us that Labor is vulnerable on cost-of-living

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.

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton delivers the Budget reply speech.

Dutton puts new gas plan at heart of cost-of-living pitch

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.

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AMP’s Shane Oliver said there was no economic justification for the program.

Disgruntled finance experts bemoan ‘Seinfeld election’

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.

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In today’s episode, Ben O’Shea unpacks Peter Dutton’s promise to make fuel cheaper.

Unpacking Dutton’s cheaper fuel promise

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.

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Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton is poised to give a Budget reply.

Coalition leader needs x-factor to counter Labor promises

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

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