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1 week ago | 
skynews.com.au | Tyrone Clarke |Max Melzer
The leadership of the Liberal Party is up for grabs after Peter Dutton lost his seat in Dickson. Mr Dutton had held the marginal Queensland seat since 2001, but at her third attempt, Labor candidate Ali France knocked off the Opposition Leader. At the latest count, Mr Dutton suffered a 10.9 per cent swing against him, giving his Labor opponent a lead of 9.2 per cent. The massive, and shock, win for the Labor Party will add to its majority after Sky News called the election for the ALP.
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3 weeks ago | 
skynews.com.au | Oscar Godsell |Tyrone Clarke
A Teal MP, who campaigned on integrity, has been savaged by a veteran TV host after the politician awkwardly dodged an interview live on air. The standoff between Kooyong MP Monique Ryan and Sky News host Laura Jayes was captured live on air at an early voting centre in Malvern with Dr Ryan’s media minder eventually intervening to shut down questioning.
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1 month ago | 
skynews.com.au | Tyrone Clarke
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to commit to keeping Tanya Plibersek on his frontbench after an awkward snub at Labor’s campaign launch in Perth. The eyebrow-raising moment happened while Mr Albanese was greeting Labor supporters at his campaign launch in Perth on Sunday, just weeks out from the federal election on May 3.
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1 month ago | 
skynews.com.au | Tyrone Clarke |Oscar Godsell
Senator Jacqui Lambie has smashed Labor and the Coalition over last-minute election announcements on housing and tax. Both major parties held their campaign launches on Sunday, with both using the opportunity to unveil their flagship housing policies. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his frontbench formally kicked off their campaign in Perth with a $10 billion pledge to build homes exclusively for first home buyers.
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1 month ago | 
skynews.com.au | Tyrone Clarke |James Harrison
Australians are being warned that the wipeout on the ASX could be the beginning of a “broader financial crisis”. President Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs smashed global markets last week and continued on Monday with more than $160 billion being wiped off Australian shares on open. The market slightly recovered from a six per cent drop to about 3.8 per cent by midday, but the pain has been felt across the globe.
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1 month ago | 
skynews.com.au | Adriana Mageros |Tyrone Clarke
Teal candidate in the affluent Sydney seat of Bradfield Nicolette Boele cut and run from her scheduled interview on Sky News Australia on Friday after being banned from a hair salon for a sexually explicit joke. Sky News Australia’s Laura Jayes was in Bradfield as part of her tour of key Sydney electorates this week ahead of Australians casting their votes on May 3. Jayes has so far interviewed candidates or MPs in the seats of Bennelong, Robertson, Wentworth and Fowler.
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1 month ago | 
skynews.com.au | Tyrone Clarke |Max Melzer
One Queensland town has already copped the most rain for the month of April in more than 30 years after just three days. Central and western Queensland were in the firing line in March with some areas nearly doubling their average yearly rainfall. An area the size of Victoria, or about 3,000 km, suffered through the devastating flooding. But while that region has copped a substantial lashing of rain, eyes have turned to the east coast where some towns are experiencing a severe deluge.
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1 month ago | 
skynews.com.au | Tyrone Clarke |Oscar Godsell
Mr Albanese was campaigning in the Hunter seat of Paterson where he invoked another of Labor’s scare campaigns on nuclear, claiming the New South Wales region was the “last place” that a nuclear reactor should be built. But after his address, Mr Albanese attempted to handshake a local union representative before he stumbled and tripped backwards off the stage. Attendants at the event helped Mr Albanese back to his feet before he waved to the crowd that he was okay.
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1 month ago | 
skynews.com.au | Tyrone Clarke
Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor will go head to head in the first Treasurers' debate hosted by Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood on Wednesday, April 9, just 24 hours after Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton appear in the Sky News Australia/Daily Telegraph People’s Forum. Australia’s prospective treasurers will debate the country’s blown-out debt and deficit as well as the cost of living crisis plaguing voters from coast to coast.
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1 month ago | 
skynews.com.au | Oscar Godsell |David Wu |Tyrone Clarke
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has attacked Anthony Albanese after Donald Trump slapped a 10 per cent baseline tariff on all Australian products. Join SkyNews.com.au for rolling political coverage. Oscar Godsell, David Wu, Tyrone Clarke and April 3, 2025 - 10:08AMOpposition Leader Peter Dutton has attacked Anthony Albanese after Donald Trump slapped a 10 per cent baseline tariff on all Australian products. Join SkyNews.com.au for rolling political coverage. Join SkyNews.com.au to watch live.
