Updates

After 22 days of electioneering, a clear picture is emerging of where Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton think voters will be won or lost.

A riff on a social media is targeting younger, online voters who might not have made up their mind about which way to go on May 3.

Good Friday is a time when election campaigns are paused – but Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton nonetheless managed to find a way to front the cameras.

As Australians priced out of the housing market wait for answers, politicians on both sides played the blame game in a fiery television debate.

Peter Dutton's Coalition is in need of a ‘historic turnaround’ to win the election as its primary vote plumbs new depths, YouGov polling shows.

ELLEN RANSLEY: If the Opposition Leader is to win the 2025 election he needs to negotiate two long weekends, pre-poll voting and concerns he has left his big policy announcements too late.

CAITLYN RINTOUL: Anthony Albanese heads into the Easter long weekend buoyed by improving poll numbers and growing campaign confidence — but will a week of national downtime knock his momentum?

South Australia’s Housing policy is Labor’s affordability solution, but first homebuyers will be disappointed.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Relaxed and smiling, Albanese is having fun, and after shadowing him on the campaign trail he looks and acts like a man on his way to victory.

EDITORIAL: The Easter break — which will be followed next week by another long weekend for Anzac Day — can’t come soon enough for Peter Dutton. 

Clive Palmer has slammed the Federal election as he racks up a bill of more than $70 million on his own party’s campaign. 

The national teachers’ union has criticised a Coalition election pitch to build a dozen technical colleges so teens can learn trades skills — but it has won support from the building and construction industry.

The Opposition Leader has warned a Labor-Greens win means ‘higher taxes, spending, interest rates, and a secret plan to abolish negative gearing’ that threatens property investors and renters.

A string of veterans running for Parliament have been cautioned by Defence brass against using photos in uniform as part of their election material. 

The Prime Minister and Treasurer Jim Chalmers have denied Labor is preparing to make changes to negative gearing, following questions at a press conference in Brisbane on Thursday.