Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vowed to govern in a distinctively Australian way.

Albanese vows to govern ‘the Australian way’,Dutton says ‘the sledge-a-thon is on’

Standing in the prime minister’s courtyard at 8am,Anthony Albanese implied Peter Dutton was taking a Trump-lite strategy on public service cuts.

  • David Crowe

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This election is too important to play it safe

Which side has the answer? So far,neither. Labor offers platitudes,the Liberals offer complaints.

  • David Crowe
Peter Dutton delivering his budget reply on Thursday evening.

Albanese to call election date of May 3 first thing this morning

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton moved on Thursday night to intensify the contest over households’ budgets with a pledge to drive down the cost of energy by ramping up gas supplies.

  • David Crowe,James Massola andPaul Sakkal
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Budget rules have gone the way of skinny jeans,no matter who wears the pants

Fiscal discipline has been all but abandoned in favour of vote-buying.

  • David Crowe
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Dutton revives Morrison petrol policy in counterbid to Albanese tax cuts

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will unveil a $6 billion cut to fuel excise in a move to nullify Labor’s tax cuts – a move straight out of the Scott Morrison playbook.

  • David Crowe andPaul Sakkal
The bidding war for the healthcare vote has reached $12 billion before the campaign has even begun.

Albanese and Dutton are bidding to buy your vote,with no regard for the price

Australians are about to be invited to an auction where Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton bid for votes with competing claims about personal tax cuts.

  • David Crowe
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Albanese and Chalmers shake hands.

Labor’s surprise ‘top-up’ tax cut is enough for a cup of coffee – and a brazen pitch for votes

The opposition has already rejected Labor’s surprise tax cut,but did not rule out an alternative plan.

  • David Crowe
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Chalmers scrambles to Trump-proof election budget in uncertain times

Australia has been name-checked again by American officials for possible tariffs. “Until they make a decision,we don’t know what to believe,” a senior government source admitted.

  • David Crowe,Shane Wright andMatthew Knott
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Budget to reveal tax burden at its lowest since pandemic

Jim Chalmers will use his budget speech to assure Australians they will see a turnaround in living standards as wages increase at a faster rate than inflation.

  • David Crowe andShane Wright
In seeking to defeat Peter Dutton,Anthony Albanese is looking to a tactic deployed by Scott Morrison.

How Anthony Albanese is taking a leaf from Scott Morrison’s playbook

The prime minister is looking to an unlikely source to take on Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

  • David Crowe