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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 22: 2025 Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the third leaders' debate, The Great Debate hosted by Nine, during the 2025 federal election campaign at the Nine studio in Sydney, NSW, on Tuesday 22 April. Alex Ellinghausen / POOL/ via NewsWire

Federal PoliticsCommentsAlbanese and Dutton make it personal in heated debate

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.

Katina Curtis

Anthony Albanese says his party have ‘no complacency’ over the 2025 Federal election.

FEDERAL ELECTION 2025CommentsAlbanese warns Labor not to count on election outcome yet

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.

Katina Curtis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are set to spend Easter Sunday in their respective hometowns.

Federal election 2025CommentsRest and renewal over Easter for political leaders

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.

Katina Curtis

Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton as he visited the 2025 Royal Easter Show in the electorate of Reid in Sydney NSW.

Federal election 2025CommentsAlbanese and Dutton return to industrial relations show

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’.

Katina Curtis

After 22 days of electioneering, a clear picture is emerging of where Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton think voters will be won or lost.

Federal PoliticsCommentsCampaign travel diary reveals targets for Albanese & Dutton

After 22 days of electioneering, a clear picture is emerging of where Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton think voters will be won or lost.

Katina Curtis

The PM headed out for a casual walk with his fiancee Jodie Haydon, Jack Russell Toto and Member for Bennelong Jerome Laxale with his partner Jo Taranto and their dog Toby.

Federal PoliticsCommentsLeaders pause campaigns but not the cameras on Good Friday

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.

Katina Curtis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Albanese brings heft of being prime minister to debate

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.

Katina Curtis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail in Victoria today with Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Deakin candidate Matt Gregg and Carina Garland.

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Labor waits to release details of $10b housing plan

Voters will have to wait until closer to election day for the full costings of the Federal Government’s $10 billion pledge to build new homes for first-time buyers.

Katina Curtis

The Prime Minister spent Tuesday morning laughing with reporters during a jovial press conference.

Federal Election 2025‘Bring you undone’: Expert’s warning to over-confident Albo

Halfway through the election campaign, Anthony Albanese’s confidence is soaring but experts warn the fine line between conviction and hubris could be his downfall. 

Katina Curtis

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have condemned the Greens for planning to hold a dance party political fundraiser on Anzac Day in Perth. (Mick Tsikas, Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

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RSL WA president slams Greens’ Anzac Day dance party

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. 

Katina Curtis

Anthony Albanese with Tanya Plibersek where he gives her an air kiss.

Federal PoliticsCommentsPM refuses to lock in Plibersek as environment minister

Anthony Albanese has refused to back in Tanya Plibersek as the environment minister if re-elected, despite locking in four other senior ministers. 

Katina Curtis

Rappers Albanese and Dutton

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Home buyers want fixes not diss tracks and distractions

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.

Katina Curtis

In an exclusive interview, Anthony Albanese praised his three years in office as the most stable first-term government “potentially in the whole post-war period”.

The NightlyAlbo reveals shock third term plans in exclusive interview

In part two of Anthony Albanese’s exclusive interview with The Nightly, the PM tells Latika M Bourke he’ll seek a third term if re-elected on May 3 and flagged a major cabinet reshuffle.

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Anthony Albanese spruiks his housing policy aimed at getting young people into the market. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Federal election 2025VideoCommentsPM forced to defend Labor’s housing policies

Neither Anthony Albanese nor Peter Dutton can guarantee their respective housing policies won’t drive up prices, as they defended their new offerings from mounting criticism. 

Ellen Ransley

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses party faithful.

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Ghosts of macho leaders haunt Albanese’s inclusive vision

In an election more about personality than policy, Labor’s campaign launch had to reframe the meaning of leadership. But it was haunted by a leader not even in Australia.

Katina Curtis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during the Federal Labor Party campaign launch at the Perth Convention Centre.

Federal PoliticsCommentsAlbanese vows to stop Australia from becoming the US

The Prime Minister spoke around the ever-looming presence of Donald Trump, seeking to link the US president to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Katina Curtis and Dylan Caporn

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is seen alongside partner Jodie Haydon in Perth.

Federal election 2025CommentsPremiumPM banks the house on young voters in first-home buyer pitch

First-home buyers won’t have to save for as long or pay tens of thousands for mortgage insurance under a major Labor pitch to young voters that also comes with a $10 billion promise to build new housing.

Katina Curtis

WA deputy Premier Rita Saffioti, WA Premier Roger Cook, the Prime Minister and the Prime Ministers partner Jodie Haydon on the Tricia ferry on the Swan River.

Federal politics CommentsPremiumPM pledges to start from scratch on new Nature Positive laws

Anthony Albanese has promised he’ll start from scratch with an overhaul of environmental laws and the role of an independent federal watchdog after declaring the Nature Positive legislation was ‘off the table’.

Katina Curtis

Peter Dutton accidentally kicks a football hitting a cameraman.

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As Trump stole the limelight, here’s what you missed in Aus

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.

Amber Lilley

WA Premier Roger Cook at a press conference Wednesday morning.

federal electionCommentsPremiumCook’s ferry expansion plan boosted by Albo’s generous gift

Ferry commutes across the Swan River will become easier with the Federal Government adding $60 million to Roger Cook’s plans to expand water transport services.

Katina Curtis

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail In the WA at Rio Tinto Dampier Port.

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Albo’s vehement pledge affirming WA as a ‘powerhouse’ state

‘This region is a wealth creator for our country. And the resources sector plays such an important role.’

Katina Curtis

The Prime Minister visits Green Island in the electorate of Leichhardt travelling by ferry. Joined by Nita Green (yellow)

federal electionCommentsPremiumDutton, Albanese head west to put WA at centre of campaign

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.

Katina Curtis

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

trump tariffsCommentsPremiumAlbanese blames election for stalling talks with Trump

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. 

Katina Curtis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to rule out a recession in Australia while Peter Dutton says there will be one ‘under Labor’.

Federal politicsCommentsPremiumAlbanese and Dutton spar over looming Australian recession

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to rule out a recession in Australia while Peter Dutton says there will be one ‘under Labor’.

Katina Curtis and Ellen Ransley