So, two thirds of the way through this campaign, what can we say? The commentariat appears to have been stung by its calls in 2001 and 2004, writes Christian Kerr.
Best case scenario
One election, one paper, so many opinions
There’s always a variety of opinion in The Australian and never more so than on Saturday morning when there were two very different interpretations of some Newspoll research into voting intentions in marginal seats, writes Richard Farmer.
Richardson: Labor turns its attention to the Senate
Labor has been trying hard to avoid the impression of overconfidence, but news at the weekend suggests that it too now regards the government’s fate as a foregone conclusion, writes Charles Richardson.
Why Family First can’t help Labor in the Senate
It’s a story that won’t go away: the idea that the ALP might again do a preference deal with the Assemblies of God party, Family First, despite the angst that it brought them in 2004.
