Ballarat has been a key election battlegroung this campaign with both sides releasing ads targeting the area. Here's Labor's.

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

All that was revealed in the third and final leaders' 'debate' were the similarities between the two parties.
James Gray

The Napthine government thought the union movement would deliver it victory courtesy of an anti-union scare campaign. Instead, the unions were decisive in the Coalition's defeat.

Will Kevin Rudd's leadership reforms prevent brutal leadership spills? 
Nicholas Reece

How much will the 'PNG Solution' cost? Do people smugglers really have a "business model". Are many asylum seekers "economic refugees"?
Alice He

Daniel Andrews has been officially sworn in as the 48th Premier of Victoria and has unveiled his cabinet, which features nine women. 

The much maligned art of sloganeering has long been central to Australian politics.
Sally Young

Kevin Rudd tried to boost Labor's flagging campaign by talking up the economy and jobs at the party's campaign launch yesterday. But no-one can control economies anymore. Mark Triffitt

Foreign aid is often vulnerable to being cut to find budget savings in other areas.
Dr Bina Fernandez

How should political parties tackle reform? 
Professor Glyn Davis

The polls consistently show the Coalition with a commanding lead .. but what about the 'headline worm'? 
Dr Denis Muller

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