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Labor's positive pitch to "reintroduce" Rudd

July 7, 2013

Labor has unveiled a positive TV ad to reframe the political debate and counter Coalition attacks. 
Ryan Sheales

Australia 2013
Analysis
Economy, Health, Policy

The economic case for slashing health rebates

July 31, 2013

The Federal Government could save hundreds of millions of dollars each year without affecting patient outcomes
Terence Cheng

Australia 2013
Analysis
Journalism, Political, Social media

Media Puzzle

August 23, 2013

Find out what happened when group of Australia's top political journalists gathered to discuss election reporting.
Ryan Sheales

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign, Climate, Policy

Clowning around is no laughing matter

September 5, 2013

Sometimes the only thing that will get noticed in an election campaign is an orange fish costume. Cameron Wheatley

Australia 2013
Analysis
Economy, Green, Labor, Liberal, Parliament

Visualising the budget speeches

June 17, 2013

Quickly identify the key themes from Wayne Swan, Tony Abbott and Christine Milne's 2013 budget speeches.
Ryan Sheales

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign, Climate, Economy

FactCheck: Have power prices gone up 94% under Labor?

July 15, 2013

The Liberals claim power prices have gone up 94% under Labor. Is that true? 
Dylan McConnell

Australia 2013
Analysis
Economy, Policy, Tax

Be bold - raise the GST

August 8, 2013

The economic case for rising above politics and embracing an increase in the GST. 
Professor John Freebairn 

Australia 2013
Analysis
Campaign, Tony Abbott

Election Dissection

August 28, 2013

Join University of Melbourne students as they discuss Tony Abbott’s daughters, and whatever pirates and sex have to do with the election. 
The Farrago Team

Australia 2013
Lighter Side
Campaign, Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott

Has Kevin left the building?

September 8, 2013

Kevin Rudd makes his exit as Prime Minister and party leader. He'll sit quietly on the backbench .. won't he? 
Wes Mountain

Australia 2013
Lighter Side
Campaign, Kevin Rudd, Labor

Rudd rebuilds

July 2, 2013

Our resident cartoonist explains how Kevin Rudd went about fixing his cabinet
Wes Mountain

Australia 2013
Lighter Side
Kevin Rudd, Leadership, Polls

Meet 'New Age' Kevin

July 23, 2013

"I'm Instagraming, I'm Tweeting, I'm eating with Keating..."
Melbourne University
Law Review
 

Australia 2013
Lighter Side
Campaign, Minority government

"No minority government": We promise!

August 15, 2013

Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd both rule out deals with cross benchers to form government.
Wes Mountain

Australia 2013
Analysis
Broadband

The Wikileaks Party vs The Pirate Party

September 3, 2013

Transparency and accountability are key tenets of democracy, and are the main platforms of the Wikileaks Party and the Pirate Party of Australia. 
Maya Borom

Australia 2013
Analysis
Coalition

The first Abbott Ministry

September 16, 2013

Your quick guide to Tony Abbott's first ministry.
Election Watch team

Australia 2013
Analysis
Coalition, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Leadership, Tony Abbott

Who exactly are Rudd's cabinet members?

July 10, 2013

The 'average' member of cabinet/shadow cabinet is very different to the 'average' Australian.
Sally Young

Australia 2013

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