Insiders

The Liberals will need as much time as possible before taking on a prime minister determined to tidy up outstanding problems.

The fall-out from Labor’s landslide election win has been almost as extraordinary as the result itself. The leadership of the Liberals, Nationals, and Greens are all now in play. The direction of each party is up in the air. It hasn’t been entirely smooth sailing for Labor either, with two Cabinet Ministers pushed out by the factions. One of them – Ed Husic – joins David Speers for Insiders.

The Nationals remain wedded to nuclear while the Liberals are more divided.

Anthony Albanese enters the history books – while Peter Dutton exits the parliament. 

We're into the final week of the election campaign – and this morning we're in the marginal seat of McEwan. Peter Dutton has been here several times during the campaign. His promise to cut fuel excise is aimed at commuters in seats like this. But is it enough?

The opposition leader is being cautious with his language as he doesn't want to turn off Chinese-Australian voters, as the Coalition did last election, but he also doesn't want to upset those on his right flank. 

With two weeks to go in this election race – polls continue to show the Coalition losing ground. Support for Peter Dutton is slipping away in the very suburbs he's targeting. And time is running out. Early voting begins on Tuesday.

The third week on the campaign trail will be critical, before the Easter break and the commencement of early voting, and polls suggest the contest remains tight.

We knew they were coming – but few expected Donald Trump's tariffs to go this far.

The opposition leader is trying to talk to two audiences: the pro-Trump supporters on his right flank, and the Trump-anxious voters in the middle.