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Michelle Grattan

Canberra

Chief Political Correspondent at The Conversation

Chief Political Correspondent at @ConversationEDU. Read, listen or sign up: https://t.co/KXrKPlbKdq

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  • Second-term Albanese will face policy pressure, devastated Liberals have only bad options

    1 week ago | theconversation.com | Michelle Grattan

    On February 1, on The Conversation’s podcast, Anthony Albanese not only declared that Labor would retain majority government, but held out the prospect it could win the Victorian Liberal seats of Menzies and Deakin. This was when the polls were still bad for Labor and the Coalition was confident of gaining a swathe of seats in Victoria.

  • Albanese increases majority and Dutton loses seat in stunning election landslide

    1 week ago | tolerance.ca | Michelle Grattan

    The Albanese government has been re-elected with a substantially increased majority, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has lost his seat, in a crushing defeat of the Coalition. As of late Saturday night, there was a two-party swing to Labor of about 3.4%, with two-party vote of 55.5%-44.5% It was sitting on about 86 seats (up from 78), and in the hunt for more. The Coalition, which went into the election with 57 seats, has won 41, and may pick up one or two more.

  • Albanese increases majority and Dutton loses seat in stunning election landslide

    1 week ago | theconversation.com | Michelle Grattan

    The Albanese government has been re-elected with a substantially increased majority, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has lost his seat, in a crushing defeat of the Coalition. As of late Saturday night, there was a two-party swing to Labor of about 3.4%, with two-party vote of 55.5%-44.5% It was sitting on about 86 seats (up from 78), and in the hunt for more. The Coalition, which went into the election with 57 seats, has won 41, and may pick up one or two more.

  • Labor’s rout of Coalition and Dutton repeats Canadian experience

    1 week ago | theconversation.com | Michelle Grattan

    In a dramatic parallel, what happened in Canada at the beginning of this week has now been replicated in Australia at the end of the week. An opposition that a few months ago had looked just possibly on track to dislodge the government, or at least run it close, has bombed spectacularly. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has lost his Queensland seat of Dickson, as did the Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in Canada.

  • Live Blog: Election 2025

    1 week ago | theconversation.com | Adrian Beaumont |Andrea Carson |Intifar Sadiq Chowdhury |Martin Drum |Michelle Grattan |Rob Manwaring

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Michelle Grattan
Michelle Grattan @michellegrattan
9 May 25

View from The Hill: two ministers and the Nationals discover the limits of loyalty in politics https://t.co/CMjRjzTnUo via @ConversationEDU

Michelle Grattan
Michelle Grattan @michellegrattan
9 May 25

View from The Hill: two ministers and the Nationals discover the limits of loyalty in politics https://t.co/ws7BhwyhoB via @ConversationEDU

Michelle Grattan
Michelle Grattan @michellegrattan
8 May 25

Grattan on Friday: Bitter struggle in Liberals for likely poisoned chalice, as Jacinta Price defects from Nationals https://t.co/lZYT3frVsf via @ConversationEDU