64 h. ago Dutton pledges $600 million for WA farm and mine roads, dodges IR law questions

The program would run for four years and would see upgrades including sealing, widening, building flood immunity and resilience upgrades.

Economics

4 d. ago As it happened: RBA holds interest rates at 4.1 per cent; Dutton pledges $2.2b Suburban Rail Loop funding cut

Read all the headlines from day five of the 2025 federal election campaign on Tuesday, April 1.

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4 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: RBA holds interest rates at 4.1 per cent; Dutton pledges $2.2b Suburban Rail Loop funding cut

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4 d. ago Peter Dutton pledges to axe Suburban Rail Loop funding if elected prime minister

Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has announced he will scrap federal funding for Victoria's long-promised Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) if he is elected prime minister next month.

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4 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: RBA holds interest rates at 4.1 per cent; Dutton pledges $2.2b Suburban Rail Loop funding cut, no changes to super

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4 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: RBA to decide on interest rates this afternoon; Dutton pledges $2.2b Suburban Rail Loop funding cut, no changes to super

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4 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Dutton reveals pledge to cut $2.2b from Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop project; RBA to decide on interest rates this afternoon

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4 d. ago Dutton campaigns at winery after announcing Suburban Rail Loop funding would be shelved

Dutton has pledged $1.5 billion for the Melbourne Airport Link, as the funding will be redirected from the Suburban Rail Loop.

Politics

5 d. ago Dutton pledges to axe $2.2 billion from Suburban Rail Loop ‘hoax’

The federal opposition leader will announce on Tuesday that, if elected, he will withdraw federal funding for the rail loop, branding the project a cruel hoax.

Economics

5 d. ago As it happened: PM pledges health funding in Perth after edging ahead in poll; Dutton visits NSW and flood

Stay across all the headlines from day four of the 2025 federal election campaign as Labor seeks to gain momentum from a boost in the polls.

Events

9 d. ago Dutton promises you’ll save $14 a week on fuel. The real number is less than half that

The Coalition’s election pitch is aimed squarely at outer suburban voters. But what does it mean for everyone else?

Politics

9 d. ago Dutton ducks a tax cut to pledge cheaper energy and discount fuel

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.

Economics

9 d. ago Dutton has pledged a fuel price cut. Experts query its effectiveness

The Coalition’s election pitch is aimed squarely at outer suburban voters. But what does it mean for everyone else?

Politics

9 d. ago Australia news LIVE: Coalition pledges to repeal Labor’s new tax cuts; Dutton revives Morrison’s petrol policy

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Events

2 w. ago Australians to get $150 energy bill relief as Albanese seeks to mask price hike pain

With power prices set to rise by as much as $200 a year, the Albanese government’s latest cost-of-living pledge comes as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton seeks to remind voters that Labor has failed to bring prices down.

Economics

2 w. ago Dutton under pressure to match PM’s pledge to drop medicine prices by $6.60

Labor will bring the patient co-payment for subsidised medicines down to $25 from $31.60 as it wages an election battle over healthcare.

Economics

2 w. ago Dutton’s ‘bizarre’ deportation referendum idea ridiculed by Labor

This masthead revealed Dutton was considering an election pledge on changing the Constitution to allow ministers to cancel the citizenship of people guilty of serious crimes.

Politics

2 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Dutton mulls referendum pledge on deporting criminal dual nationals; Israel conducts strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza

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Events

2 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Dutton mulls referendum pledge on deporting criminal dual nationals; Trump to speak with Putin about Ukraine

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Politics

3 w. ago Despite forceful WFH agenda, Dutton makes pledge to women voters

The opposition leader has promised female voters there won’t be an American-style reversal of women’s rights if he becomes prime minister.

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