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Opposition leader insists costings will be released prior to the election as Andrew Hastie says ‘America-first’ US means Australia’s defence must be prioritised

Pundits and political scientists like to repeat that we live in an age of political polarisation. But if you sat through the second debate between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition leader Peter Dutton last Wednesday night, you’d be forgiven for asking what polarisation people are talking about.

"Prime Minister, you couldn't lie straight in bed," Dutton said in what felt like a Real Housewives episode.

Election talk is inevitably focused on Labor and the Coalition because they are the parties that customarily form government.

Seven Regions Nuclear Free alliance launches campaign representing groups who oppose Dutton’s proposed nuclear power reactors in their communities across Queensland, NSW, SA, Victoria and WA

Labor’s Richard Marles says announcement is a ‘pathetic whimper’ rather than a defence policy

As I begin this review sitting in a Canberra cafe, there are two blokes on the next table complaining about the present federal election campaign’s lack of substance. The complaints of one of them about the Coalition’s fuel excise cut were the first to catch my ear, but it was…

Darren Chester had previously called for ‘conversation’ around Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy, but several constituents say their attempts to raise concerns have been ignored

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will promise a Coalition government would boost Australia’s spending on defence to 2.5% of GDP within five years and 3% within a decade.

In the leaders’ third head-to-head encounter, on Nine on Tuesday, Peter Dutton’s bluntness when pressed on cuts has given more ammunition to Labor’s scare campaign about what a Coalition government might do.

Coalition leader blames poor polling on Labor attack ads as they trade barbs over Medicare, nuclear and cost of living on Nine’s Great Debate