Federal election 2025 as it happened: Albanese, Dutton launch campaigns; Jacinta Price wants to ‘make Australia great again’
- As the federal election nears, Anthony Albanese promises a ten-billion-dollar housing package to help first-home buyers with low deposits and government loan guarantees.
- Peter Dutton announced a one-time, $1,200 Cost of Living Tax Offset for taxpayers earning between $48,000 and $104,000, with smaller offsets for others, during his campaign launch in Sydney.
- Both leaders are addressing Australia's housing crisis in their campaigns for the May 3 election, with Albanese promising to build 1.2 million homes by 2030 and Dutton proposing tax relief for first-time home buyers.
- Albanese stated that home ownership should not be a privilege to inherit if you are lucky, indicating his commitment to making housing accessible, while Dutton emphasized restoring the dream of home ownership.
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Prime Minister Unveils $24 Million Pledge to Support Tasmanian Paper Mill
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a $24 million funding package to support the transformation of Tasmania’s historic Boyer paper mill near Hobart. The investment is part of the government’s broader “Future Made in Australia” initiative, aimed at revitalising Australia’s domestic industrial capacity in line with net zero ambitions. The Boyer mill, which has been operating for over 80 years, is Australia’s only producer of newsprint an…


Australian prime minister's party launches election campaign
The center-left party of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged on Sunday to help more would-be home buyers as it launched a campaign for the May 3 election shaping as a tight race with the conservative opposition. Albanese's Labor government, which is running neck-and-neck with the Liberal-National coalition, has promised…
Strongmen, Daggy Dads and State Daddies: how different styles of political masculinity play into Australian elections
Australian politics has historically been a male domain with an overwhelmingly masculine culture. Manhood and a certain kind of masculinity are still considered integral to a leader’s political legitimacy. Yet leadership masculinity changes along party lines. We are now halfway through the election campaign and can already see differences in the masculine performances of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. State D…
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