Labor's platform wasn't bold at all. It was piecemeal but pricey, an inept combination, the worst possible.
Behold: a polarised country and the opportunists who exploit it
The electoral reality is Australia is increasingly polarised and evenly split between voters who look at each other with incomprehension and disdain.
Prayers and preference-recycling: who’s taking credit for the Coalition’s win?
In the wake of the shock win, Clive Palmer and the Australian Christian Lobby are among those claiming a slice of the Coalition's victory.
Why did Warringah buck the trend?
Steggall's win against Abbott should have felt like a revolutionary occasion, but it's been somewhat of an anti-climax.
Did News Corp’s Queensland monopoly decide the election?
News Corp's monopoly removes the discipline of competition, freeing an openly conservative media to be, well, more openly conservative.
Where did Labor go wrong?
The reasons for Labor's failure will be widely discussed but it may have made the same mistake it made in 2004 — not offering a simple enough choice to voters.
Fear-mongering was alive and well in this election campaign
The election campaign is over, but the effects of racist campaigning roll on in Melbourne's western suburbs and beyond.
Echoes of ‘Howard’s battlers’ put Morrison ahead in polls
This was far from a status quo result, but rather some major swings in suburbs and regional areas that cancelled each other out.
Did Labor fail, or did Australia?
Crikey readers discuss the election failure of the Labor party and Scott Morrison's shock victory.
Can the bookies tell us who will be the next prime minister?
Some pundits swear by the idea the betting markets are a stronger indicator of an upcoming election's outcome than any polling. But how does it work?
Night of shocks leaves careers and reputations in tatters
As the results rolled in through the night, careers ended and shocks abounded as Labor's expected win vanished.
After watergate, will Barnaby Joyce lose New England to an independent?
In Saturday’s election, Barnaby Joyce is widely expected to stroll to victory. Who is the new independent getting in his way?
It’s all Clive Palmer’s fault. It's all Queensland's fault. Penny Wong needs to lead the party. Whatever you pinned it on, this was a night of rage and resignation.
How Dutton kept Dickson
Dutton's electors are older, whiter and more affluent than the average Australian. This came down to highways and franking credits.
‘Bye bye, Tony’: Warringah abandons a former PM
Independent candidate Zali Steggall has thanked her supporters for "voting for the future". And with that, Abbott is condemned to the past.
Night of shocks leaves careers and reputations in tatters
As the results rolled in through the night, careers ended and shocks abounded as Labor's expected win vanished.
Far-right surge in Queensland helps mighty Morrison hold the line
A sharp swing to the far right in Queensland has enabled Scott Morrison to hold off Labor and achieve a victory few thought possible — even among opinion pollsters.
Far-right surge in Queensland helps mighty Morrison hold the line
A sharp swing to the far right in Queensland has enabled Scott Morrison to hold off Labor and achieve a victory few thought possible — even among opinion pollsters.
How the Witness K/Collaery case is being delayed into oblivion
This is Australian politics' biggest scandal, and the most powerful people in the country are ensuring you know as little about it as possible.
Warringah: a symbol for this strange, close, and bad-tempered election
There are the two realities that Abbott forever inhabits — the messianic protector of Western civilisation, and Australia's great clanging embarrassment.
Drop the attitude!
JACQUI LAMBI
The newly reelected senator has some words of advice for the newly reelected prime minister.
This week: life expectancy gaps, return of the mammoth, more dunnies please, and the 49% solution (to humanity).
Labor sought to capture the deep disaffection in many parts of the country toward business-as-usual politics. Instead, those voters embraced the far right fringe in a stunning rejection of Labor's program.
The contradictions of Bob Hawke play out for Shorten
To be young and left during the rise of Bob Hawke was to be in heaven. But now, looking back, we can see he marked a time when Labor began its backwards steps.
Warringah: a symbol for this strange, close, and bad-tempered election
There are the two realities that Abbott forever inhabits — the messianic protector of Western civilisation, and Australia's great clanging embarrassment.
For Indigenous voters, this election is just more of the same
Both major parties continue to see our community as a problem that requires solving. Nothing will be solved until we have a seat at the table.
The missing ministers of the campaign trail
Who we haven’t heard from, and why, speaks volumes about what we could see at the 46th parliament.
Crikey tries to unravel and distill some of the crucial questions we think the ABC should be asking itself in this post-Guthrie/Milne era.
Election counting continues with the Coalition expected to nab 77 seats, and new leaders step forward as Labor tries to figure out what went wrong. It's the news you need to know, with Rachel Withers.
We traced News Corp's messaging on Labor from the morning papers through to Sky After Dark.
How News Corp campaigns in a different reality to the rest of Australia
News Corp has a long history of backing unlikely — and often unpopular — election winners. Will the federal election be any different?
Drama and tragedy roll on in Rush defamation case
Accusations of bias. Witness X revealed. Tactical ploys ahead of special damages. This thing is far from done.
How News Corp decides when religious free speech is acceptable
Can you spot the pattern?
Foxtel’s streaming is on the rise but it’s still a financial black hole
The financials are bad for Foxtel, but the bigger worry is the slump in subscriber numbers.
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