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FEDERAL ELECTIONVideoCommentsThe 2025 Federal Election has officially started

In today’s episode, Ben O’Shea buckles up for a wild ride as Anthony Albanese fires the election campaign starting gun. The fun and games began in Brisbane, with both PM and Peter Dutton in the Sunshine State.

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Born ready … leaders bolt to key battleground

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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks at a the Business News breakfast at the Crown.

Federal election 2025CommentsPremiumWA could decide election in battle over bills, sheep, roads

Foreign Minister Penny Wong was flying to Perth to kick the campaign for WA votes into high gear on Saturday, with the seats of Tangney and Bullwinkel crucial to the Albanese Government’s election strategy.

Jessica Page

Trish Cook, Kate Hulett and Vince Connelly are running in key battleground seats.

FEDERAL ELECTION 2025PremiumKey WA seats to watch as the Federal election looms

Voters in a handful of WA electorates could decide the fate of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton at the May 3 election.

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Federal election 2025VideoComments‘We will do better’: Dutton drops first election ad

In the minutes after Anthony Albanese announced the May 3 Federal election, the Liberal Party dropped the first election ad, where Peter Dutton called on the nation to ‘get our country back on track’. 

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Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese has called an election for May 3.

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‘Sledgeathon’: Dutton hits back as PM starts attack campaign

Australians will go to the polls in five weeks but already the barbs are flying thick and fast.

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Here are the key seats Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will be targeting during the election campaign.

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The 20 seats to watch that will determine our next PM

The election has been called and the countdown is on. Here are the 20 seats across the country that will be crucial in deciding who will be our next Prime Minister.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to call the election on Friday. This is how it works.

Federal election 2025CommentsWhat happens when Anthony Albanese calls an election?

On Friday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an election following a well-worn path of his predecessors in going to the voters. These are the fascinating traditions playing out today.

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Many Labor hard-heads agreed, and the Albanese Government’s plan was shelved.

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Budget shows Albo to take back Cook’s nature positive gift

A sinister announcement was buried deep in an otherwise business-as-usual Federal Budget: the Government is reviving its anti-WA nature positive plan.

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Woodside received a 50-year extension for its North West Shelf offshore gas project in December.

federal politicsCommentsPremiumDeadline for NW Shelf still in doubt on election eve

Labor was accused on Wednesday of ‘betraying’ WA after a ruling on the $30 billion Woodside project was pushed back until after the Federal election.

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Premier Roger Cook.

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CHOPPING BLOCK: Cook planning major government restructure

The Premier is considering merging Tourism with the current Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Department.

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AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw and ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess.

Federal election 2025CommentsPremium‘Sobering’: Pollies on notice ahead of election campaign

AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw warned politicians to think carefully about their plans during the campaign as he shared ‘sobering information’ about what they collectively had been facing.

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It will be an election largely fought on the cost of living, and both Labor and the Coalition will be hoping voters buy into their plans.

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsPremiumBuoyed by budget, PM expected to call election ‘imminently’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to use post-budget momentum to call an election as soon as today for a May 3 poll, in what is expected to be a cost-of-living-focused campaign.

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Peter Dutton has outlined his big pitch to middle Australia.

Federal PoliticsComments‘Opportunities’: Dutton’s pledge to make Australia greater

With Prime Minister Anthony Albanese poised to call an election as soon as Friday, Mr Dutton said repeatedly the choice ahead of Australians could not be clearer.

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Voters inside the Cottesloe Civic Centre polling place during WA State Election 2025.

federal electionsPremiumAEC: We’ve learned from WA’s March ballot paper debacle

The Australian Electoral Commission has examined what went wrong in the WA State election when some booths ran out of ballot papers and others had extremely long queues, and promises it will do better.

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