March
It’s the economy, Peter: What Dutton should take from Dunkley
Open hostility towards Scott Morrison in Victoria has been replaced with begrudging respect for Peter Dutton, MPs involved in the Dunkley campaign say.
- Tom McIlroy
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Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Exclusive
- Peter Dutton
Dutton talks up hopes to win back teal seats
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says strong swings back to the Liberal Party in Dunkley booths that were at risk of going teal are a “great encouragement”.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Opinion
Dunkley exposes further shift away from major parties
With the core demographics exposed and projected nationally, the byelection points to a narrow majority for Labor in 2025.
- John Black
Advance lobby group the ‘biggest loser’ from Dunkley byelection
Pollsters say that while the Dunkley byelection was not a write-off for the Liberal Party, it was a brutal result for the credibility of lobby group Advance.
- Gus McCubbing
Dutton to keep reshuffle to a minimum
Almost a year since Stuart Robert quit the parliament, Peter Dutton will fill his shadow cabinet vacancy.
- Phillip Coorey
Albanese claims vindication as well as victory
Labor has reason to be pleased by a moderately sized swing against the government in the Dunkley byelection, but with no knockout blow.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Analysis
- Anthony Albanese
Dunkley a triumph of expectation over hope for Liberals
Anthony Albanese put his neck on the line to win Dunkley and has been vindicated. For the Libs, it was neither tragedy nor triumph.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Opinion
Dunkley shows Liberals can win teal seats
Defeat for Liberals in the byelection offers “blue shoots” in seats that turned teal if they focus on the economy.
- Tim Wilson and Jason Falinski
Labor survives swing to Libs to win Dunkley byelection
The government has seen off a swing to the Liberal Party to comfortably hold the seat in outer suburban Melbourne.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
‘Very nervous’: Polls close in Dunkley as Marles tips tight contest
A federal byelection fought on cost of living and local crime has both Labor and the Liberals tempering expectations of victory.
- Updated
- Dominic Giannini
Crime and cost of living will decide the battle for Dunkley
Voters in the crucial Dunkley byelection have two things on their mind – crime and the cost of living.
- Gus McCubbing
A defeat in Dunkley won’t be the end for Labor: Albanese
Anthony Albanese has cited a crushing 2001 byelection defeat for the Howard government to counsel against a possible loss in Dunkley.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Opinion
Dutton’s Dunkley plan is crime and utes, not cost of living
The opposition wants to talk about everything except the hip-pocket pain that voters are most exercised about.
- Laura Tingle
- Analysis
- Analysis
The Dunkley byelection could make history
Byelections are important, but it’s mainly marketing with little policy content in the race for Dunkley.
- Andrew Clark
February
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Dunkley byelection is about nothing but politics
A lot will be read into the implications of Saturday’s poll because it’s essentially a purely political horse race short on substantial policy ambition.
- The AFR View
Albanese rethinks Mardi Gras decision ahead of Dunkley poll
Anthony Albanese is reconsidering attending Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on Saturday night. The reason given is security concerns, not poor optics.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor fears possible loss in Dunkley poll
The battle for Dunkley has descended into a war of competing statistics and spin, as Anthony Albanese prepared the Labor Party for a close result, including a possible loss.
- Phillip Coorey
Why Kennett thinks Dunkley can change politics
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett rates the Liberals a 50-50 chance of upsetting Labor in Saturday’s byelection in Dunkley and predicts the result will have massive reverberations for both sides of politics.
- Patrick Durkin
Libs aim high in Dunkley but will settle for a swing
A swing of between 3 per cent and 4 per cent at this weekend’s byelection could put the Liberals within striking distance come the next election.
- Phillip Coorey
