The Age covered three key Melbourne seats in great detail,to report on the national campaign through the prism of a local contest. Here’s what it was like.
Four Melbourne seats won by independent and Labor women contributed to the Coalition’s downfall,while another hangs in the balance.
Carina Garland set to take the eastern-suburbs seat,holding a commanding lead over sitting Liberal MP Gladys Liu.
This is what they call the “ground game” in one of Australia’s most marginal seats.
Anthony Albanese has silenced claims he is avoiding Daniel Andrews on the hustings. The downside? Andrews showed him what political cut-through looks like.
A federal Labor government would contribute at least $2.2b to Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop,a project the Morrison government has argued doesn’t stack up.
Chisholm联邦议员廖婵娥承诺停用微信账号，此前莫里森总理公众账号被转手。如今工党在这一中国社交媒体巨头上更为活跃。
Member for Chisholm,Gladys Liu,pledged to stop using her WeChat account after Scott Morrison’s profile was taken over. Labor is now much more active on the Chinese-owned social media giant.
“What do we know about Liberal Gladys Liu?” a male voice says in the ad,with an ominous-sounding background track.
Labor will pay for ads on Facebook,Google ads,YouTube and Instagram to remind as many residents of Box Hill,Chadstone,Burwood and surrounds about Liu’s record.
The Age has translated into simplified Chinese characters its story discussing the issues that Australians of Chinese heritage are weighing in the lead up to the Federal election in the crucial swing seat of Chisholm.