Peter van Onselen

Political Editor at Daily Mail Australia

Political Editor, Daily Mail Australia Winthrop Professor, UWA Business School Political science, public policy & economics [email protected]

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Insiders expose the Game of Thrones fight for Dutton's job as he faces election doom. PVO reveals the REAL contenders, who doesn't stand a chance - and the 'alpha male' shadow minister everyone keeps talking about | Daily Mail Online

5 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Peter van Onselen

There's now less than a fortnight to go before D-Day for Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese. Many Australians will have already voted at pre-poll booths, and if the betting markets and published polls are anything to go by, the prime minister is set to be re-elected. While anything can happen as we count down to election day, especially with two more televised leaders debates due this week, there doesn't appear to be much momentum for change.
Dutton FINALLY flags a tax change that would affect millions of Aussies and start to fix the country's economic nightmare: PETER VAN ONSELEN

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Peter van Onselen

With just over two weeks left in this year's federal election campaign Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has finally earmarked the potential for major tax reform. 'I want to see us move as quickly as we can as a country to changes around personal income tax, including indexation, because bracket creep, as we know, is a killer in the economy,' he said. Cue applause.
Dossier of magland's dirty secrets is leaked - we reveal all the embarrassing details from the house of Woman's Day. Plus, what's REALLY going on as Karl Stefanovic goes off air again: INSIDE MAIL | Daily Mail Online

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Steve Jackson |Max Aitchison |Peter van Onselen

In our must-read Mail+ column, Steve Jackson and Peter van Onselen reveal what's REALLY going on in the worlds of media and politics each week. Offers roll in for Nine Radio Nine Entertainment is being inundated with multimillion-dollar offers for its prized talkback radio division - with one wild rumour even suggesting the network could eventually become a family-run enterprise.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: How a ridiculous ABC management decision left leaders debate host David Speers out in the cold - and booted from his OWN show

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Peter van Onselen

The ABC hosted the second leaders debate of the election campaign, which was extremely hard to get excited about. We all know that the ABC are masters of making the interesting boring, and this campaign hasn't even been interesting to begin with. With no political editor to speak of at the public broadcaster - they made their former political editor Andrew Probyn redundant a few years back, that left Insiders host David Speers to moderate the debate.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: How a ridiculous ABC management decision left leaders debate host David Speers out in the cold - and booted from his OWN show

1 week ago | expressdigest.com | Peter van Onselen

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'Arm-twisting' rumour about Brittany Higgins' husband David Sharaz rocks the campaign. Plus, Young Liberal caught in D.C. sting and Greens' rave fail: ELECTION INSIDER | Daily Mail Online

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Peter van Onselen

Sharaz a thorn in the government's side... againBrittany Higgins' husband David Sharaz might have copped criticism he was doing Labor's bidding in the countdown to the 2022 election. But nobody could accuse him of doing the same this time around. Back in Australia after a sojourn in France, the new father is now working for Third Hemisphere, a PR company with a bit of a social conscience.
'Arm-twisting' rumour about Brittany Higgins' husband David Sharaz rocks the campaign. Plus, Young Liberal caught in D.C. sting and Greens' rave fail: ELECTION INSIDER | This is Money

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Max Aitchison |Peter van Onselen

Sharaz a thorn in the government's side... againBrittany Higgins' husband David Sharaz might have copped criticism he was doing Labor's bidding in the countdown to the 2022 election. But nobody could accuse him of doing the same this time around. Back in Australia after a sojourn in France, the new father is now working for Third Hemisphere, a PR company with a bit of a social conscience.
Devastating Daily Mail Australia Ipsos poll that will ruin the day of one of the nation's leaders - as Aussies give their verdict on whether the country is really on the right track under Albo | Daily Mail Online

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Peter van Onselen

An Ipsos poll commissioned exclusively for Daily Mail Australia reveals that Peter Dutton's personal approval ratings have collapsed during the election campaign to the lowest level recorded by any opposition leader over the past 20 years. In a devastating blow for the Liberal leader, just 27 per cent of voters approve of his performance so far on the campaign trail, with 47 per cent disapproving. This leaves him with a dissatisfaction score of minus 20.
The smirking Greens think they're onto a winner by making high earners pay for other people's uni degrees. But the reality is so utterly tragic I almost feel sorry for Adam Bandt: PVO | Daily Mail Online

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Peter van Onselen

The smirking Greens think they're onto a winner by making high earners pay for other people's uni degrees. But the reality is so utterly tragic I almost feel sorry for Adam Bandt: PVOBy PETER VAN ONSELEN, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 21:50 EDT, 13 April 2025 | Updated: 21:53 EDT, 13 April 2025 It's only week three of the election campaign and Greens leader Adam Bandt has already announced plans to twist the arm of a future Labor minority government.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: Albo and Dutton have both presented themselves as the saviours to the cost-of-living crisis... but there's a hidden time bomb that neither of them seem brave enough to defuse | Daily Mail Online

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Peter van Onselen

Both major parties launched their campaigns today, three weeks out from election day. This campaign's mantra has been spend, spend, spend, and today was no different. The Coalition is making the mortgages of first home buyers tax deductible for the initial five years of the loan, as long as they buy brand new homes. It applies on the first $650,000 of the mortgage, after that you're on your own.

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