Federal election 2025 as it happened: Albanese, Dutton launch campaigns; Jacinta Price wants to ‘make Australia great again’

Prime Minister Unveils $24 Million Pledge to Support Tasmanian Paper Mill

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a $24 million funding package to support the transformation of Tasmania’s historic Boyer paper mill near Hobart. The investment is part of the government’s broader “Future Made in Australia” initiative, aimed at revitalising Australia’s domestic industrial capacity in line with net zero ambitions. The Boyer mill, which has been operating for over 80 years, is Australia’s only producer of newsprint an…

Australian prime minister's party launches election campaign

The center-left party of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged on Sunday to help more would-be home buyers as it launched a campaign for the May 3 election shaping as a tight race with the conservative opposition. Albanese's Labor government, which is running neck-and-neck with the Liberal-National coalition, has promised…

Federal Election 2025: Hung parliament looms as Coalition support slides

The likelihood of Anthony Albanese being re-elected could be expected, after Newspoll revealed support for Peter Dutton has dropped, as a hung parliament looms.

Strongmen, Daggy Dads and State Daddies: how different styles of political masculinity play into Australian elections

Australian politics has historically been a male domain with an overwhelmingly masculine culture. Manhood and a certain kind of masculinity are still considered integral to a leader’s political legitimacy. Yet leadership masculinity changes along party lines. We are now halfway through the election campaign and can already see differences in the masculine performances of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. State D…

Albo unleashes at campaign launch

The Prime Minister has finally shown a bit of fire, addressing party faithful as Labor’s re-election campaign officially gets underway.

Federal election 2025 as it happened: Albanese, Dutton launch campaigns; Jacinta Price wants to ‘make Australia great again’

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are launching the Labor and Liberal election campaigns. Follow live.