The number one rule for political leaders on the campaign trail is simple:never take a backward step. You never know what you’ll step into.
Bankruptcy disqualifies anybody from being a member of parliament. Under this scenario,a live possibility,Pesutto would be forced out and a byelection called for his marginal seat of Hawthorn.
Julia Gillard has been praised for maintaining a dignified silence since leaving politics. But wouldn’t we like to hear more from her?
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and his senior MPs have held high-level talks about a referendum on powers to strip citizenship for dual nationals who commit serious crimes.
The Brethren’s new website purports to tell “the truth about our church,contribution,values and way of life”.
Very rarely,everything goes smoothly on the election campaign trail. Often,things go very,very wrong.
The struggling prime minister has enlisted the help of a serial election winner ahead of what could be a bruising election campaign.
Tony Abbott broke his 2013 promise of no cuts to health,education or the ABC. Peter Dutton just made a similar promise of no cuts to frontline public services.
Purchases of property by overseas buyers account for only 1 per cent of all such transactions in Australia.
The race in Bradfield shaped up as a test of the right-wing establishment’s influence in Liberal branches of the blue-ribbon territory.