New South Wales has consistently produced conventional results since the era of six-seat half-Senate elections began in 1990. Will things change this time?
The candidates for the must-win Sydney seat of Lindsay lined up at a debate last night -- and one had, well, sex appeal. Our reporter was at Emu Plains to judge Fiona Scott vs David Bradbury.
Barnaby Joyce can talk through anything. Even spruiking hopeless candidates. Even for a party that may no longer have a constituency. Our man on the trail went to Maitland to meet a new local hero.
Blacktown is a city without a centre, an important voice in the federal election that is actually many. Crikey's writer-at-large ventured west into the sprawl, where it still feels like the 1970s.
Labor's $450 million outside school hours childcare announcement is aimed very clearly at Sydney voters.
Eden-Monaro may lose its status as the nation's bellwether seat this time around. Which, as freelance journalist James Rose discovered walking around Queanbeyan, wouldn't trouble the locals.
There's a stench around Labor -- in NSW at least -- as ICAC hands down its findings on the Obeid affair. Criminal charges have been recommended against the men who ran the state like a private club.
Electorates Dunkley and Macquarie are among the most marginal in the country. William Bowe profiles them in this week's Seat of the Week.
Craig Thomson's laywer is suing the NSW ALP for tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees. But Sussex Street says it's an ambit claim and will fight it in court. Crikey has the statement of claim.
Journalist and author Jonathan Englert says Australia should think twice before making James Packer's new casino the face of Australia.
