Peter Dutton says people should respect Welcome to Country ceremonies when they are held, while reiterating his position that the leader of Australia should ensure the country is ‘united under one flag’.
Katina Curtis
Everyone has a different answer to the question of who is to blame for a campaign that hasn’t gotten out of first gear, but no one is willing to write the Coalition off completely with a week still to go.
The opposition leader has recounted the stories of two veterans in his message of remembrance this Anzac Day.
Amber Lilley
Peter Dutton is set to reveal in Perth on Wednesday that if he wins the election on May 3, he will pump at least $21 billion more into defence than Labor by 2030.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have clashed on healthcare and who has plans for cuts but avoided questions over serious structural budget repair in a lively third debate.
Anthony Albanese has warned his colleagues and voters not to make any assumptions about the election result with two weeks to go in the campaign.
With just 12 days until the Federal Election, the Opposition Leader needs to find the policy which shifts the momentum away from Labor, and gives the Coalition the edge as voters head to polls.
There is every chance that if Dutton bombs here in the west on May 3, he will no longer be leader of the Federal Liberal Party.
Joe Spagnolo
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are set to spend Easter Sunday in their respective hometowns of Sydney and Brisbane before the electioneering resumes in earnest.
A fresh argument has broken out on industrial relations over the holiday weekend, with Peter Dutton labelling a Labor move to legislate protections for penalty rates a stunt and a ‘red herring’.
After 22 days of electioneering, a clear picture is emerging of where Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton think voters will be won or lost.
Good Friday is a time when election campaigns are paused – but Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton nonetheless managed to find a way to front the cameras.
The Prime Minister put in a second solid debate performance on Tuesday night, even if he ended it with a waffle rather than a bang.
Anger over the Greens plan to hold a rave on Anzac Day to raise political funds in Perth has led to a major backflip with the event now canned amid widespread condemnation.
With 19 days to go in the election campaign and a week until the first votes are cast, the two leaders have unveiled multibillion-dollar pitches aimed at making it easier for first-home buyers.
Peter Dutton believes WA voters won’t punish him for holding his party’s official campaign launch on the east coast on Sunday, while Anthony Albanese makes his pitch to the nation from Perth.
John Flint
As US tariffs coverage trumped almost all other news this week, one could be forgiven for missing some of the finer details of the second full week on the Federal election campaign trail.
Peter Dutton has revved up his pitch to WA, declaring he wants “this great State to boom” and vowing to clear the way for the North West Shelf gas project to power thousands of jobs.
Jessica Page
Peter Dutton has shrugged off a teenager’s alleged bomb plot as he hit the campaign trail in Perth and revealed how his experience as a police officer is inspiring his bid to become Prime Minister.
Western Australia is back at the centre of the election campaign as Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton return to the battleground state for the second time in as many weeks.
It comes as Mr Dutton is set to arrive in WA to speak at The West Australian’s Leadership Matters event.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Amber Lilley
Anthony Albanese says caretaker conventions hinder tariff talks with Donald Trump as Australia’s second-largest export to the US — pharmaceuticals — is added to the US President’s target list.
Peter Dutton is banking on his energy policy to set him apart from Labor, as the two major parties trade blows over similar campaign themes and competing cost-of-living pitches.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Mr Hastie was forced to retreat on comments he made in 2018 when he said, ‘The fighting DNA of a close combat unit is best preserved when it’s exclusively male’.
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