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Since the May 9 budget, there have been polls from Resolve, Essential, Morgan and Newspoll. Labor has a large lead in all of these polls. It’s almost a year since Labor won the May 21 2022 election by a 52.1-47.9 national two party margin, but its honeymoon is continuing, and…

Adam Bandt decries ‘massive black hole’ after Parliamentary Budget Office analysis puts cost at $313bn over a decade

Anthony Albanese records strong approval of his performance as prime minister, but the budget fails to impress those surveyed

Exclusive: As Wong marks one year in the job, the foreign affairs minister is determined to make a ‘clear statement of our priorities in the region’

Critics claim the bill could see government further expand income management policies

The opposition leader knows well that his rhetoric is hypocritical because his quoted numbers are the same as when he was immigration minister.

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A federal Newspoll, conducted May 11-13 from a sample of 1,516, is the first poll taken since the May 9 budget. It gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 38% Labor (steady), 34% Coalition (up one),…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finds gambling ads during the footy ‘annoying’ and says he’s already set up a review into sports betting, and the cost of sending your child to school has grown faster than most household bills.