In the third report on The Wentworth Project, we find in focus group research that independent candidate Allegra Spender has shifted soft voters opinions about her
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Below the Line Episode 7
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In this episode of our election podcast Below the Line, our expert panel speak to a Chinese media expert about how the Chinese-Australian community is being courted in the campaign.
We’re already seeing signs of disinformation on social media ahead of the federal election.
Inspirational and brave, the Ukrainian president exhibits all seven ‘virtues’ of effective crisis leadership.
War with China is very likely, but it is avoidable if we take the threat seriously and act now.
For all its imperfection, the EU still represents the best chance for regional peace and stability – little wonder Ukraine wants to join.
Philip Lowe mightn’t be a household name but the Reserve Bank governor finds himself catapulted right into the centre of this election campaign, in which events are proving more important than policies.
University of Canberra Professional Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics
ABC funding is not registering as an election issue even though it will drop in real terms over the next three years.
Our experts rated the Coalition’s model as either very unsatisfactory or a fail. Most agreed Labor’s proposed model is much better, but said a lot more detail is needed.
We talk about the Pacific ‘neighbourhood’, but too often Australia’s approach to the region has been of saying what we’re going to do, rather than how – and listening to the people it most affects.
“The world has moved past Matt Canavan,” David Littleproud declared on Wednesday, tossing his colleague and former resources minister firmly under the bus as the “climate wars” exploded within the Coalition
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Economist Saul Eslake on why Reserve Bank needs to raise rates next week
Michelle Grattan speaks with independent economist Saul Eslake on whether the reserve bank will next week raise interest rates for the first time in an election campaign for the first time since 2007
Australians vote on a piece of paper and put that into a box which is then counted. We don’t know how to replicate this transparent, verifiable process over the internet.
Below the Line Episode 6
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In this episode of our election podcast Below the Line, our expert panel speak to former independent MP Cathy McGowan about the independent candidates seeking office.
Whichever party wins the May election will only have six months until the American mid-term elections in November.
Comments sections have become an echo-chamber for misinformed and malicious racist rhetoric. How can this misinformation be eradicated?
Elections where a national security threat have been a major talking point have historically played well for incumbent governments. But this time is different.
Word from The Hill: Ray Hadley’s shouty assault on Albanese; the intractable Solomons issue; and the wider play of Deves
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
What has Labor promised, and to what extent is this issue really an election game-changer?
While the latest polls show the Coalition struggling to gain ground on Labor in two-party preferred terms, Scott Morrison maintains his lead as preferred prime minister.
According to one interviewee, politics is the ‘most physically, intellectually, emotionally challenging role’ they can think of.
Labor has maintained unchanged its solid two-party leads in both Newspoll and the Australian Financial Review’s Ipsos poll.
The next five years are going to be harder than Emmanuel Macron’s first term.
As the government fights for its life, John Howard, the Liberals’ living icon, has been on the campaign trail.