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Labor election guru urges party against 'myth-making'

Labor is riding on a high after its thumping election victory, but a chief strategist behind the campaign has warned colleagues not to get ahead of themselves.

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The Peter principle: how Dutton’s election campaign in Dickson went horribly wrong

Labor considered the Brisbane seat ‘enemy territory’ at the start of the campaign. By the end, Ali France was the first person ever to unseat an opposition leader at a federal election

The Guardian - AU

Paul Erickson: unmasking the mastermind behind Labor’s winning election strategy

Sources say it was the young political strategist’s experience fighting the Greens, almost 15 years ago, that caught Anthony Albanese’s attention

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What time is the final leaders’ debate tonight? How and where to watch Albanese v Dutton

PM and opposition leader to hold fourth election debate on 7News. Here’s how to watch

The Guardian - AU

Labor rattles tin for ad blitz as teal dollars roll in

Party faithful are being asked to donate for a Labor digital advertising campaign after the Climate 200 fundraising vehicle attracted more than $1 million.

AAP

‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train

The new zero-emission train, known as Zemu, will run through an area that has long suffered from poor air quality. Will it be the start of a clean energy rail movement in the US?

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Forrest says Fortescue still committed to hydrogen despite job cuts – as it happened

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Labor demands investigation into Liberal party’s ‘misleading’ postal vote strategy for the voice

Liberals brush off calls for AEC to investigate website that offers non-existent postal vote registrations

The Guardian - AU

$Australia’s progressive forces show signs of fracturing – and a test on free and fair elections looms$

Australia’s progressive forces show signs of fracturing – and a test on free and fair elections looms

I suspect Australians don’t want to be spectators in an electoral arms race where wealthy individuals exercise oversized influence in our democracy

The Guardian - AU

Winning teal independents backed by $10.2m in political donations

AEC disclosures reveal Atlassian founder Scott Farquhar was the biggest Climate 200 donor, giving $1.5m, followed by Mike Cannon-Brookes

The Guardian - AU

David Pocock backs caps on political donations and electoral spending in boost to Labor plan

ACT senator says caps are the only way to stop ‘wealthy entities from exerting undue influence’ on elections

The Guardian - AU

National Labor launches Tas intervention

The national executive of the Labor Party has taken over the Tasmanian branch following years of dysfunction and poor results at the ballot box.

AAP

ALP national executive launches 'intervention' into Tasmanian Labor to repair branch

Years of damaging infighting and bitter spats culminate in Labor's Tasmanian branch being effectively taken over by the party's national executive, in order for it to "improve the culture" and reinstate "trust".

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More women than men voted against Morrison government in federal election, polling shows

Australia Institute survey finds Coalition’s treatment of women seen as ‘weakness’ by two-thirds of voters

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Labor aims to legislate spending caps and truth in advertising, says Don Farrell

Special minister of state signals ambitious suite of electoral reforms to be rolled out before next election

The Guardian - AU

‘Considerable strain’: how Australian officials saw the China rift

Officials kept in ‘regular contact’ with Chinese embassy even as Morrison government ministers frozen out, FoI documents shows

The Guardian - AU

Dan and Dom: the two premiers leading a vibe shift in Australian politics

Differences between Daniel Andrews and Dominic Perrottet are part of their successful relationship

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Revealed: The moments that might have cost Scott Morrison the prime ministership

Labor's National Secretary outlined some key moments that may have cemented voters' perceptions of Scott Morrison – and a Coalition defeat.

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The Guardian - AU

Labor campaign chief’s eight reasons Coalition lost election – from attacking states to ignoring women

Paul Erickson puts Labor’s election win down to more than voter fatigue with Scott Morrison and cites failures of Liberal-National team

The Independent UK

Strategist: Last Australian government lost Chinese votes

A campaign strategist says the previous Australian government’s stance against a more aggressive China drove away many Chinese-Australian voters at recent elections who considered the administration’s language had licensed racism

The Guardian - AU

Labor campaign director says Australia chose a ‘better future’ over more Scott Morrison

Paul Erickson to tell press club of election-winning strategy including Anthony Albanese’s leadership and stoking ‘mood for change’

The Guardian - AU

Labor ran a hyper-local campaign in Western Australia with a separate strategy group and different ads

The plan, hatched after the 2019 election rout, worked and now WA MPs want a larger presence in Anthony Albanese’s cabinet

The Guardian - AU

Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison have emptied the Liberals’ broad church

The party has been routed in its metropolitan heartland – the moderate wing has been decimated

The Guardian - AU

Seven’s election debate to air after Big Brother as prime minister snubs ABC

The federal director of the Liberal party, Andrew Hirst, rejected the national broadcaster’s offer earlier this week without giving an explanation

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Morrison takes aim at Albanese’s ‘quiet week’ with Covid amid wrangling over election debates

The prime minister is keen on two debates next week on Seven and Nine while Labor has proposed a press club showdown just before polling day

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