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At T-minus six weeks, the election campaign was on. The major parties ran through their pre-launch safety checks: confirm the candidates, finalise the preference deals, hope your opponent crash-lands.
Burned by its failure to launch in 2019, this time round the Australian Labor Party presented a ‘small target’. Supporters collectively held their breath when Anthony Albanese failed to remember key economic figures early in the campaign. Meanwhile, the Liberal–National Coalition campaigned on leader Scott Morrison’s record and warned against changing course, despite his promise to ‘change’ if he was returned.
By election night, it was time to answer the question: would Australia boldly go where it had not gone since 2013, or would it stay the course?
Pollie Waffle
Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,
And They're Off
David Rowe, The Australian Financial Review,
Ghost of Elections Past
Fiona Katauskas, The Echidna,
The Parra-Chute
Johannes Leak, The Australian,
Albo's Gaffing Again
David Rowe, The Australian Financial Review,
Katherine Deves Gets 'on the Tools' for Scomo
John Shakespeare, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age,
Pong
Glen Le Lievre, Patreon,
Mortgage Mud
Dean Alston, The West Australian,
The Vicious Election Cycle
Megan Herbert, self-published,
Reno Roulette
Andrew Dyson, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age,
How Not to Vote
Cathy Wilcox, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age,
Joshkeeper
David Pope, self-published,