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Analysis from David Speers

• Albanese is pledging to leave 'nothing on the field' as parliament wraps. He's dropping a few promises, though

Before the last election, Anthony Albanese often talked about "kicking with the wind" in the final quarter. Now, he's talking about "leaving nothing on the field", even if he's leaving a few promises behind in the interests of improving Labor's election chances.
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• Albanese never said his name, but an awkward moment sums up why an absent Trump was the talk of Rio

Albanese's consistency on trade and calls to stick with the Paris climate agreement suggest he's not scared of taking a different policy path to Donald Trump. That doesn't mean navigating the path ahead will be easy.
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• The US election is a warning sign for Anthony Albanese

Peter Dutton is posing Trump's "are you better off" question in Australia and hoping to tap into the same anger over cost-of-living amongst working-class voters.
Photo shows Donald Trump puts his finger in an aircraft shelter

• Fatima Payman's big reveal of her new political party has done little to trouble Labor

Fatima Payman's new political party may not be troubling Labor, but it still has plenty of other headaches to worry about.
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• Amid the heated debate over the Middle East, a private meeting between Dutton and Albanese took place

There are still some areas where the prime minister and the opposition leader are roughly on the same page, but within those broad areas of agreement lies an intensifying blame game over who's endangering national security here in Australia.
Photo shows A composite image of Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese, both wearing thick-rimmed glasses and looking stern.

• 'We'll run a scare campaign': Inside the politics surrounding Labor's negative gearing dilemma

Negative gearing and capital gains tax rules have sat in Labor's bottom drawer since the party's bruising 2019 election defeat. Now, with Labor's primary vote slipping in the polls, there's speculation they could be back on the table.
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• Labor's housing reform plans failed, now IR is in its sights

We have reached that point in the political cycle where the parliamentary clock is running down, opinion polls are being taken more seriously, and various efforts are underway to define the ground on which the election will be fought.
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• Government declares war on big tech, but can it actually win?

While the Coalition is all in favour of banning kids from social media, it's less clear how it will respond to the crackdown on mis and disinformation.
Photo shows Michelle Rowland stands at the despatch box to answer a question during Question Time in federal parliament.

• GDP has plunged and consumers are skipping the cafe. Without government spending things could be worse

Apart from the pandemic years, GDP hasn't been this weak since Jim Chalmers was at school and Oasis was getting together for the first time.
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• A Greens MP's CFMEU antics call up memories of Tony Abbott standing in front of 'Ditch the Witch' placards

Affiliation and donations to the ALP have been suspended, administrators forced in, and now Labor is using the bad stench around the CFMEU as a political weapon against the Greens.
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