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Superior campaigning by the Labor machine, a lift in the personal performance of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and a woeful campaign by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have seen Labor re-elected for a second term.

The Coalition’s election campaign of 2025 has a strong claim to be considered among the worst since federation. I know of none more shambolic. Barely a day passed without some new misstep or about-face, some embarrassing revelation about a candidate, some new policy condemned by experts as half-baked, uncosted or…

Labor’s confidence going into Saturday’s election is tempered by gnawing anxiety about the underlying polling data

We made it! YOU made it. But did you follow the hate media closely enough all the way to the end?

With those who haven’t already cast a pre-poll vote ready to hit the polling places tomorrow, a final batch of polls give Labor a firm lead.

Here are the issues dominating the federal elections and which party is leading in the polls.

Anthony Albanese begins day in Dickson, where Labor is hoping to unseat the opposition leader

As we roll into the dying hours of the election campaign, the polls are suggesting a Labor win, although it is not yet clear if it will be in minority or majority. Chief Political Correspondent Michelle Grattan and Politics Editor Amanda Dunn discuss why the Coalition has focussed on culture…

Depending on where things end up after Saturday, the biggest climate push may come from the crossbench