Karen Barlow

Canberra

Chief Political Correspondent at The Saturday Paper

Chief political correspondent @SatPaper [email protected]

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‘Sleepwalk into irrelevance’: The Liberal loss explained

6 days ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

It was different even under Scott Morrison. At the last election, the then Liberal leader was regarded by many as a drag on the vote – but it was nothing like the “absolute fury” voters felt towards Peter Dutton. “It was far more vicious,” says one Liberal moderate.
Albanese wins second term as Coalition loses leader

1 week ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

In a stunning rebuke to the ambitions of the Coalition, the opposition leader Peter Dutton will leave parliament, losing his seat amid a resounding win for the Albanese Labor government. Labor is on track for a return of majority government, with Anthony Albanese the first leader since John Howard in 2004 to be returned to the office, and the first Labor leader to win a second term since Bob Hawke in the 1980s.
Albanese wins second term as Coalition loses leader

1 week ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

In a stunning rebuke to the ambitions of the Coalition, the opposition leader Peter Dutton will leave parliament, losing his seat amid a resounding win for the Albanese Labor government. Labor is on track for a return of majority government, with Anthony Albanese the first leader since John Howard in 2004 to be returned to the office, and the first Labor leader to win a second term since Bob Hawke in the 1980s.
Can the major parties regenerate?

1 week ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

After surveying the losses and gains from this election, the first jobs of the leaders of the two major parties will be to reassemble and rearm the respective front benches. In a tightly controlled campaign, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has already flagged a significant cabinet reshuffle should he win the election. Labor insiders say it was deliberate internal caucus and cabinet messaging to “keep everyone in their place”.
The issues missing in this election campaign

2 weeks ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

News Both major parties are accused of missing the big picture in this election campaign, with the critical issues of climate, inequality and integrity left largely unexplored. By Karen Barlow. SHARE Copy Link Bluesky Facebook X LinkedIn Anthony Albanese sounds at once stern and defensive. “There’s more to do. I’ve said that. And we will do more,” he tells reporters. It’s one of many teasers for a second political term.
On the plane with Albanese: ‘In turbulent seas, we’ve kept our eye on the horizon’

3 weeks ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

Anthony Albanese looks at his turkey baguette. He considers the sandwich for a moment, then cuts it in half. It’s the beginning of the third week of the campaign and the Labor leader is hungry. Sitting on an RAAF-operated flight between Hobart and Melbourne, Albanese is upbeat about his chances. There are no signs of campaign fatigue. He uses every minute – of the flight and in the towns he visits too.
Exclusive: David Pocock’s demands of a minority government

1 month ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

David Pocock wants a far greater slice of Australian gas export income through the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax, and the reform of capital gains and negative gearing tax breaks. These are the crossbencher’s two top demands for whichever party seeks to form government after the election, as part of his broader integrity agenda in the 48th parliament.
Mark Butler and Labor’s Medicare campaign

1 month ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

On the campaign trail in the 2022 election, Anthony Albanese brandished a dollar coin prop to underscore his focus on increasing the minimum wage. In this campaign it is a Medicare card he most wants to be photographed with. Health is a fight Labor dearly wants to pick at every election. It sees Medicare, like superannuation, as a Labor legacy – now a half-century old.
Labor hitches election hopes to economic management

1 month ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

The government heads into the May 3 election confident in its declaration that Labor is the better economic manager, while the Coalition says it has piggybacked off its work and a series of windfalls. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who has long sought to define the opposition as the “party of no”, believes that the rapid legislation of the surprise tax cuts announced in this week’s budget – which forced the Coalition to officially vote them down – boxed them in.
What’s at stake on May 3

1 month ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Karen Barlow

The campaign proper is finally under way: Australia will head to the polls on May 3 with all signs pointing towards the return of a hung parliament. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sought to get the jump on Peter Dutton with a pre-dawn call to Governor-General Sam Mostyn to dissolve parliament. The opposition leader has barely had time to sell the gas-led alternatives outlined in his budget reply speech. Albanese insists he was “born ready” for this moment.

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