Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton don’t see eye to eye on plenty of policy areas.

Labor has finally found a more convincing message. The mystery is why it took so long

Australians’ opinions have flipped in just a few weeks on whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton will be victorious in the federal election.

  • David Crowe

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Labor plans to roll out subsidies for household batteries very soon.

Labor takes power bill election fight in-house with help to buy home batteries

Households are set to gain federal help to cut their energy bills under a government plan to make it easier for them to buy home batteries.

  • Paul Sakkal andDavid Crowe
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Albanese edges ahead of Dutton as Labor bounces back:poll

The dramatic swing has tightened the race for power in the opening stage of the election campaign,putting Labor and the Coalition neck and neck in two-party terms.

  • David Crowe
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Labor’s gas plan will do far more to reduce costs than the Coalition’s.

Albanese calls Dutton a copycat but won’t say who he gets his ideas from

The accusation came as the prime minister and the opposition leader duelled over plans to bring down the price of gas and lower household power bills.

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

The ‘sledge-a-thon’ begins:Leaders square off on tax and Trump

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.

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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.

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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