Updates

PAUL MURRAY: Everyone is so consumed with panicking about Donald Trump that we seem to barely notice other pressing problems much closer to home.

ELLEN RANSLEY: The Opposition Leader’s first week on the road was simultaneously slow and chaotic — but by Friday, there were signs that he was finally stepping on the gas.

NICOLA SMITH: Anthony Albanese may have had a solid first week of the election campaign, but he must move out of his comfort zone if he wants to win over floating voters to avoid a minority government.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have both pledged to return the Chinese-owned Port of Darwin to Australian hands. 

In today’s episode, Albo hits up YouTube star Ozzy Man for a beer. Ben O’Shea explains the backlash from Abbie Chatfield’s podcast with the PM. Plus, the ONLY way to get Donald Trump onside in a tariff war.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has downplayed a coordinated cyberattack on some of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds that is believed to have affected thousands of members. 

Peter Dutton has made his strongest pitch yet to fix the housing affordability crisis, saying stemming the flow of migration, limiting foreign ownership, and capping international students was key.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has used a Sydney forum to hint at a broader gas plan to make prices 15 per cent cheaper domestically. 

Anthony Albanese received a rapturous welcome from western Sydney school children on his first stop in the culturally diverse region of the election campaign.

Peter Dutton's net satisfaction has fallen to its lowest level since becoming Liberal leader, the first YouGov poll since the federal election was called shows.

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton could use US tariffs to their advantage as Australian voters look to see how their leaders respond to the provocation.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s shock decision to create a critical minerals reserve has blindsided his ‘friend’ Roger Cook and left the industry scrambling for details.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Both sides want to use a Trump-sized stick to beat each other with, but neither appear capable of telling Australian people what a global trade war means for our future.

The prime minister has endured the roughest day on the election campaign so far as Australia cops a major Trump trade blow before he takes a different kind of leadership spill.

Peter Dutton insists if he was in the top job the debilitating US levies wouldn’t have been so harsh.