14 h. ago As it happened: Albanese, Dutton signature policies revealed; economists warn of house price surge

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton continue campaigning ahead of the federal election on May 3. Follow live. 

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25 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE: Albanese, Dutton signature policies revealed; economists warn of house price surge

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton continue campaigning ahead of the federal election on May 3. Follow live. 

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5 d. ago Leaders agreed not to mention Dutton’s dad’s heart attack before debate

The opposition leader said his father’s toughness and the presence of his sisters by his father’s bedside let him continue with the contest.

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5 d. ago ‘Tough old bugger’: Dutton reveals he contemplated pulling out of debate

The opposition leader said his father’s toughness and the presence of his sisters by his father’s bedside let him continue with the contest.

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6 d. ago Dutton reveals details of campaign pledge to cut power prices

After years attacking Anthony Albanese for his broken promise to lower power prices, Peter Dutton has made a campaign pledge of his own.

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1 week 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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1 week ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: RBA holds interest rates at 4.1 per cent; Dutton pledges $2.2b Suburban Rail Loop funding cut

Stay across all the headlines from day four of the 2025 federal election campaign. Follow live.

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1 week 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

Stay across all the headlines from day four of the 2025 federal election campaign. Follow live.

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1 week 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

Stay across all the headlines from day four of the 2025 federal election campaign. Follow live.

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1 week 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

Stay across all the headlines from day four of the 2025 federal election campaign. Follow live.

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2 w. ago Albanese calls Dutton a copycat but won’t say who he gets his ideas from

The accusation came as the prime minister and the opposition leader duelled over plans to bring down the price of gas and lower household power bills.

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2 w. 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?

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2 w. 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.

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2 w. 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?

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3 w. ago The budget will reveal Labor’s level of confidence. Dutton’s already shown us his

If the treasurer surprises on the bold side, it may be a sign of panic for Labor, but the opposition leader seems to be shifting the focus of the Coalition’s campaign.

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3 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.

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3 w. ago Investors take aim at Coalition as nuclear debate hits boiling point

Major investors have stepped into the debate over Australia’s energy future, warning that policies to slow the shift to renewables will push up power prices.

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3 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.

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