‘Unwise’ election mistake PM won’t repeat

‘Unwise’ election mistake PM won’t repeat

Buoyed by positive polling and a struggling Coalition, Labor’s path to a second term is becoming clearer, however the ghosts of an election past can still bite.

Libs channel Labor’s unfriendly ghost, Jim Scullin

Labor coming to power after a decade of right-wing rule only to be rocked by global economic crisis, cost-of-living woes and the imposition of US tariffs. It’s a familiar tale, right? In fact, the very circumstances that have ushered us towards the 2025 federal election? Yet it was these same events which also played out in 1931 for Labor prime minister James Scullin as he railed against the devastating impact of the Great Depression. Potentiall…

A minority Labor Government's policy agenda – Part 1

A minority Labor Government is widely seen as a likely outcome in the forthcoming election.