Election 2022

Meanwhile, Labor MPs are growing frustrated with the party's campaign headquarters, singling out an inexperienced team and a disjointed media strategy.

“A lot of the people that she appeals to, which are probably females that are similar to her in looks and demographic, think that she’s a great lady,” he said. “I do feel there is a strong move to the independents.″ Zimmerman has a margin of 9.3 per cent but is in a three-cornered contest with independent Kylea Tink and Labor’s Catherine Renshaw. Meanwhile, in Labor ranks there was fury on Saturday over campaign headquarters’ decision to release the Robodebt royal commission policy late on Friday night, after newspaper deadlines. “I don’t think we have any strong leaders,” he said. “This gives people a chance to maybe rethink it [voting Liberal].” “It’s been frustrating for years being a Labor supporter,” she said. “We could do with a bit [more] for public education.″ A Victorian MP familiar with the campaign on the ground said that “Tim is under serious pressure” and that the seat was home to voters in the “post-material intellectual class who don’t care about the economy, it’s all about climate”. Strategists on both sides now believe it’s possible no seats will change hands in Queensland. All were increasingly concerned about the party’s chances of hanging onto the seats – North Sydney and Wentworth in Sydney, and Goldstein and Kooyong in Melbourne – as the election contest tightens, given it will be close to impossible for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to win a majority if the four are lost. The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age have spoken to 15 Liberal MPs in and outside the Morrison cabinet who are familiar with the Coalition’s election strategy, internal polling and who have campaigned in the four key seats.

Tanya Plibersek was left off Friday's flight west for Labor's official election launch in Perth on Sunday, sparking speculation she had been benched by the ...

Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has delivered an astonishing snub to Western Australia as she insisted it 'wasn't worth her time' to go to the party's launch in Perth on Sunday Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has delivered an astonishing snub to Western Australia as she insisted it wasn't worth her time to go to the party's launch in Perth. But the former deputy leader delivered a cold reply as she snapped back bluntly: 'It's not a productive use of time to have everyone fly there and back.

Labor's official campaign launch is being held in Perth, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is rallying supporters to retain his Melbourne seat of Kooyong and Prime ...

That is one of the key differences of this election. Under the policy, which operates overseas and in several states, the government would contribute up to 40 per cent of the purchase price of a new home and 30 per cent of an existing home. Speaking of campaign launches, federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has his campaign launch today. Chalmers: The difference is ... that the government has thrown its hands in the air. We have a plan to do it. The companies have a huge responsibility to ensure that the world they are creating online is safe. But first home activity has cratered since the start of 2022. Uhlmann: But none of that will push down inflation. But also invest in the right kind of growth that secures... Support wage cases in areas like aged care and the care economy more broadly. However, Bandt says the truth-telling process should come first if all three structural reforms are to be successful. [When] you are making a car, it has to be safe by design.

An audacious new plan could help up to 10000 Australians break into the housing market each year, but there's one big catch.

There would also be a cap on the value of the property which could be purchased under the scheme - up to $900,000 in Sydney, $850,000 in Melbourne, $650,000 in Brisbane and less for other states and regional areas. Under the proposal, the government would recoup its share of the investment when the house is eventually sold. Anthony Albanese has launched a bold pitch for voters locked out of the housing market, adopting a radical policy which would see the government co-purchase a slice of their property.

COVID reshaped the political landscape in WA. A seismic shift occurred in March 2021 when Labor Premier Mark McGowan was re-elected in a landslide of such epic ...

This was compounded at a federal level by Prime Minister Scott Morrison's ill-fated decision to back Clive Palmer's High Court challenge. His answer was simple: the borders. His calculation is clear: if he wins WA, he can win the election. As one Labor source put it, the Premier is an "enormous asset to the Labor Party and the Labor brand" which is why Albanese is pitching himself as a "partner for WA in Canberra". Losing Curtin would be a bleak result for the Morrison camp (it's always been held by the Liberals and on a margin of 13.9 per cent, would normally be considered safe) but the party concedes it has a fight on its hands in Swan, on a margin of 3.2 per cent, and to a lesser extent, in Pearce on 5.2 per cent. For Anthony Albanese, this launch will be more important than ever.

Which way will swingers vote? Not that kind of swinger - swing voters. To test the mood, we went to Swinger Hill for a completely unscientific sampling of ...

Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues." Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."

The Labor Party will pledge to slash the cost of a home for tens of thousands of Australians.

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd and WA Premier Mark McGowan will also be at the campaign launch today. The campaign launch takes place at 1pm AEST and will be livestreamed on 9Now and 9news.com.au. It is expected to be the centrepiece of Labor's campaign launch at Optus Stadium in Perth as Mr Albanese looks to highlight cost-of-living pressures as a key issue for voters.

An audacious new plan could help up to 10000 Australians break into the housing market each year, but there's one big catch.

There would also be a cap on the value of the property which could be purchased under the scheme - up to $900,000 in Sydney, $850,000 in Melbourne, $650,000 in Brisbane and less for other states and regional areas. Under the proposal, the government would recoup its share of the investment when the house is eventually sold. Anthony Albanese has launched a bold pitch for voters locked out of the housing market, adopting a radical policy which would see the government co-purchase a slice of their property.

Anthony Albanese will rally 600 Labor members on Sunday at the party's campaign launch, unveiling a plan to help up to 10000 low and middle-income earners ...

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Anthony Albanese has made five key election promises at Labor's campaign launch in Perth, including a big change to the cost of medication.

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Anthony Albanese positioned Labor as better than the coalition on climate, housing and health, as the party held its campaign launch in Perth on Sunday.

Morrison held a local campaign rally in the seat of Reid, as Liberal strategists fear the loss of a swathe of seats in Sydney to Labor and independent candidates. “The Labor Party think they have some kind of Harry Potter wand that you can just raise in government and it changes the price of a lettuce - it’s ridiculous,” Morrison said. “We can do better.” “They (the Labor government) will have equity in your home and as that your equity goes up, they’re gonna keep it,” he said. Labor’s Help to Buy scheme will provide an equity contribution of as much as 40 per cent of the purchase price of a new home and up to 30 per cent for an existing dwelling for 10,000 Australians. The scheme will enable savings up to $380,000 for new homes and $285,000 for existing ones, with price caps of between $550,000 and $950,000 depending on the state and region.

Anthony Albanese outlines vision for medicines, manufacturing jobs, gender pay equity, electric vehicles and housing affordability.

But Albanese pledged on Sunday that if he wins the 21 May election “the work of building that better future will start the very next day”. The “help to buy” scheme will provide an equity contribution of up to 40% of the purchase price of a new home, and up to 30% for an existing home, to be made available for 10,000 people. Labor says it will establish a new $500m “driving the nation” fund, which will allow the commonwealth to co-invest in electric vehicle chargers, as well as hydrogen and biofuel refuelling infrastructure.

Labor Party faithful have gathered at Optus Stadium in Perth for the ALP campaign launch. Anthony Albanese walked out to a recording of Midnight Oil's This Is ...

I'm the federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to journalism, where I've covered seven federal budgets, four national elections, Defence, public service and international governance. I'm the federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to journalism, where I've covered seven federal budgets, four national elections, Defence, public service and international governance.

Voters have cut their support for the Coalition giving Labor a strong lead at the halfway point in the federal election campaign.

The latest survey included a significant change in the questions asked of respondents following the formal declaration of candidates by the Australian Electoral Commission on April 22. The “uncommitted” group has narrowed from 27 per cent two weeks ago but remains significant in a campaign with three weeks before polling day. With early voting due to begin on May 9, the survey showed more voters were making up their minds about both leaders. This was a fall from his previous rating of minus 10 points. This was a significant deterioration on his net rating of minus 4 points two weeks ago. The gains for Labor in two-party terms were outside the margin of error when the calculation is made on stated preferences, with Labor increasing from 51 to 54 per cent from the survey two weeks ago, while the Coalition slipped from 49 to 46 per cent.

Anthony Albanese has made five key election promises at Labor's campaign launch in Perth, including a big change to the cost of medication.

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The Liberal Party is bracing for the Reserve Bank's decision on interest rates this Tuesday as two new opinion polls suggest time is running out for Scott ...

Labor is on a primary vote of 34 per cent. However, as result of the Greens polling a whopping 15 per cent according to the Resolve Research, it estimates that Labor is on track for victory with a two-party preferred result of 54-46 in the ALP’s favour. It’s not my job’. How many times have you heard that? ‘it’s not my fault! The Liberal Party is bracing for the Reserve Bank’s decision on interest rates this Tuesday as two new opinion polls suggest time is running out for Scott Morrison to secure another miracle election victory. The Liberal Party is bracing for a big decision this Tuesday as two new polls suggest time is running out for Scott Morrison.

Labour would need to lose six seats in Thursday's vote to lose overall control for the first time.

Labour and the Conservatives aren't involved in a two-horse race though. Graeme Miller leads the council, this is a local government election," he tells me. In elections held in 2019 and 2021, Labour lost a total of 23 seats. Graeme Miller, leader of the ruling Labour group on the council, is unapologetic. The party has been critical of the move to the new city hall and Paul Edgeworth from the party tells me the council "is deeply unpopular". "And people can see that in the change that's happening, not just in the city centre, but down on the seafront and in Washington and the coalfield [areas].

Independent candidate for Kooyong Monique Ryan accused the treasurer of misquoting her frail 87-year-old mother-in-law. · Frydenberg rejected Ryan's claim, ...

“The intensity of the Treasury portfolio is amazing and he has handled it extremely well. Before Frydenberg spoke at the launch, a number of locals gave speeches in support of the treasurer. He added that this was against the interests of Kooyong voters, who have never elected a Labor MP. Former opposition leader Andrew Peacock was also a member for Kooyong. Former prime minister John Howard said on Sunday Frydenberg would “win comfortably”. About $1.4 million had been raised from 3000 donors, she said, and her campaign will be topped up with funding from the Climate 200 fundraising vehicle run by Simon Holmes a Court. I said ‘thank you very much’.” Asked earlier on Sunday whether it was offensive to draw Ryan’s relatives into the campaign, Frydenberg said “absolutely no”. At the high-energy launch, where Frydenberg acknowledged his seat was in danger and implored his supporters to harness the “power of the dark blue” to win, he told a story of running into a woman near a cafe who said she was voting for him. The treasurer’s electorate of Kooyong has been the seat of Liberal royalty. And we know the Liberal Party represents the values and ideals of the quiet Australians.” “This is the choice. It’s behaviour like that that has turned so many people in Kooyong away from Mr Frydenberg and the Liberal Party.” “She is a frail 87-year-old lady who should not have been brought into the public spotlight in this way.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese says Australia 'does not have three more years to waste', the Coalition wants to expand access to the seniors' health care ...

So my focus is very much the community at this time and not the politics. Poeple have had enough of politics and the focus at this time is getting over the worst elements of the pandemic. This is about the community and their future.