Ronald Mizen

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Political Correspondent at Australian Financial Review

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Dutton backflips on vow to keep EV tax break

1 day ago | afr.com | Ronald Mizen |Michael Read

Apr 23, 2025 – 5.42pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has quietly backflipped on a pledge made just two days ago to keep Labor’s tax breaks for electric vehicle drivers, in his second major policy U-turn of the federal election campaign.
The 12 biggest pieces of spin from Labor and the Coalition this federal election

1 day ago | afr.com | Ronald Mizen

Apr 23, 2025 – 12.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? There’s a joke that goes something like this: how do you know if a politician is lying? The answer: their mouth is moving. It’s a joke that speaks to a cynical view of politics and is, in the main, not true in Australia. But election campaigns are desperate things.
How the housing crisis is putting even the safest seats at risk

1 day ago | afr.com | Ronald Mizen |Nila Sweeney |Tom Rabe

Ronald Mizen, Nila Sweeney and Tom RabeApr 23, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Labor and the Coalition face electoral upheaval in traditionally safe seats where housing affordability has deteriorated rapidly, making Millennial and Generation Z voters more likely to turn away from the major parties.
Six moments in the leaders debate that gave Anthony Albanese the edge over Peter Dutton

2 days ago | afr.com | Ronald Mizen

Apr 22, 2025 – 10.49pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? By the end of the third leaders’ debate of the 2025 federal election campaign, four things were clear.
The contradictions at the heart of Peter Dutton’s nuclear pledge

1 week ago | afr.com | Ronald Mizen

In the space of 30 seconds during Wednesday night’s leaders’ debate, Peter Dutton exposed a major contradiction at the heart of his nuclear ambition. Loading...
Six moments in the leaders debate that gave Anthony Albanese the edge over Peter Dutton

1 week ago | afr.com | Ronald Mizen

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton locked horns in the second leaders’ debate of the federal election campaign, and while neither made a major error nor landed a knock-out blow, there were plenty of stumbles. Wednesday night’s debate from the ABC’s Parramatta studios came just a week ahead of polling booths opening to early voting on April 22 and in the midpoint of the campaign. Loading...
Coalition to revive technical colleges, won’t commit to housing target

1 week ago | afr.com | Ronald Mizen

• Follow our live coverage of the 2025 federal election. A Coalition government would establish at least six new technical colleges, one in every state, to boost apprenticeship completion rates and close skill gaps in critical sectors such as housing construction.
Major parties risk being outflanked online by Easter campaign truce

1 week ago | afr.com | Ronald Mizen

• Follow our live coverage of the 2025 federal election. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton risk losing the online advertising battle over the Easter long weekend, with the Greens and independents continuing to campaign while the two major parties call a truce.
Ball in China’s court for trade talks

1 week ago | afr.com | Lucy Slade |Ronald Mizen |Andrew Tillett

Updated Apr 16, 2025 – 6.26am, first published at 6.13am or Subscribe to save article16 mins ago – 6.26AMAlbanese, Dutton hope to avoid ‘massive traps’ in second debateAnthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will face off for the second time as the election campaign reaches its halfway point. The ABC will host the leaders’ debate this evening with the event to be moderated by Insiders host David Speers.
The secret millions bolstering Labor and Liberal election campaigns

1 week ago | afr.com | Ronald Mizen

Apr 16, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? When it comes to the murky world of financing federal elections, much effort goes into unearthing donations made by the nation’s richest and most powerful and funnelled to political candidates. But for Labor and the Coalition, the secret to millions of dollars in cash flow each election is slightly more prosaic.