Tony Barry

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Tony Barry |Barrie Cassidy

With the 2025 election campaign in its final days, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry share their observations on a campaign marked by Trump, global upheaval and a cost of living crisis. Dutton ran ‘too many red lights’The Trump effect has cruelled Peter Dutton’s campaign. Nothing else – no other single factor – can explain such a dramatic collapse in support in just a few short weeks. And having run so many red lights on the journey to election day, he has only himself to blame.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Barrie Cassidy |Tony Barry

In this special pre-election episode, co-hosts Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy pull apart the final messages of the campaign, delve into the polling and deliver their last verdicts on how they think it will play out on Saturday night.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Barrie Cassidy |Tony Barry

There’s only a week to go, and polls are showing that the gap between the two major parties is widening in favour of Anthony Albanese – but with such a high number of soft voters, can we count the Coalition out?

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Barrie Cassidy |Tony Barry

Just over halfway into the election campaign, Australians have now heard from both major parties on their solutions to the housing crisis. But with the flooding of media messaging, are voters able to tell the difference in what’s being offered? And while there have been missteps on both sides – Dutton pulling his son in front of the cameras, and Albanese’s awkward moment with Tanya Plibersek – the odds are increasingly in Labor’s favour.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Barrie Cassidy |Tony Barry |Camilla Hannan

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