Birthday gift:Albanese asks for election victory in Dunkley

Birthday gift:Albanese asks for election victory in Dunkley

The prime minister spent his 61st birthday morning meeting voters in Dunkley in a last-minute bid to keep the seat in Labor’s hands.

  • byAnnika Smethurst

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‘Disturbing’:Politicisation of wrongful charge of ex-detainee condemned

‘Disturbing’:Politicisation of wrongful charge of ex-detainee condemned

The prime minister said the criminal justice system should be able to operate without fear that potential arrests and charges will be seized upon by political leaders.

  • byDavid Estcourt andCameron Houston
Sussan Ley stands by ‘foreign criminals’ post on eve of Dunkley byelection

Sussan Ley stands by ‘foreign criminals’ post on eve of Dunkley byelection

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was extraordinary that the deputy opposition leader had refused to delete her social media post.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Why a byelection win for Labor could prove to be Albanese’s poisoned chalice

Why a byelection win for Labor could prove to be Albanese’s poisoned chalice

For all the highs that come with a victory on election night,there are long-term risks in winning the seat of Dunkley so close to a federal election.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Australia should have ‘Murphy’s law’ gambling ad ban by now:Costello

Australia should have ‘Murphy’s law’ gambling ad ban by now:Costello

Anthony Albanese this week declined to commit to the full,phased-in ban on sports betting ads recommended in Peta Murphy’s landmark report.

  • byPaul Sakkal
What’s a bad byelection result? Dutton,Albanese argue over the swing

What’s a bad byelection result? Dutton,Albanese argue over the swing

Highlighting the consequences of a worse-than-expected result for the pair,political hardheads from both parties are positioning themselves as the underdog.

  • byPaul Sakkal,James Massola andAngus Thompson
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Coalition revs up fight over ‘family car tax’,immigration ahead of byelection

Coalition revs up fight over ‘family car tax’,immigration ahead of byelection

Labor rubbished the claims on car costs,which it compared to previous Coalition scare lines about $100 lamb roasts and electric vehicles heralding the end of the weekend.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andPaul Sakkal
Bipartisan byelection:There’s only one thing on the minds of Dunkley voters

Bipartisan byelection:There’s only one thing on the minds of Dunkley voters

The byelection pits two candidates against each other who both have hard-scrabble stories.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Liberals distance themselves from right-wing group’s ‘rapists,murderers’ scare campaign

Liberals distance themselves from right-wing group’s ‘rapists,murderers’ scare campaign

Labor is cautiously optimistic it will hold on to the seat of Dunkley even as a ring-wing activist group’s scare campaign sends a shiver through the crucial byelection.

  • byPaul Sakkal andAnnika Smethurst
Next week’s byelection will reveal more about us than the politicians

Next week’s byelection will reveal more about us than the politicians

Federal politics has changed over the past 20 years. It’s been a dog’s breakfast. It’s now conducted in a permanently febrile atmosphere.

  • byShaun Carney
Dutton not only should win the Dunkley byelection,he needs to win it

Dutton not only should win the Dunkley byelection,he needs to win it

The coastal electorate in Melbourne’s south-east is the sort of territory marked out as future Liberal heartland to replace the inner-urban seats lost to independents and the Greens.

  • byNiki Savva