As Labor confronts Peter Dutton’s success in the polls, research is shaping how they will characterise him – from his police career to his investment properties to his time as health minister.
Having pushed for nuclear power as a signature energy policy, National MPs are now divided over where to build reactors – which will be disproportionately located in their seats.
Labor is looking past ailing polls as it lays the policy groundwork for the next election, while strategists and pollsters say even a minority government may be tough to secure.
Dunkley is a template of the kind of seat Peter Dutton needs to win to take office. His failure at last weekend’s byelection informs a seat-by-seat analysis that shows victory is almost impossible.
As Scott Morrison leaves parliament for a defence consultancy, the Liberal Party in NSW is struggling with factional disputes where the right alone has split into at least 10 sub-factions.
Hidden in legislation is a plan to give Resources Minister Madeleine King power to approve gas projects – taking the oversight away from Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.
For the past week Peter Dutton has repeatedly lied about funding cuts to border protection, with some experts warning his rhetoric has created a pull factor for people smugglers.
A change of attitude has helped propel Indonesia’s new president to the nation’s top job – but will he be able to maintain it now he has the role he coveted for 20 years?
