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From having a no-booze campaign office, to a ‘no dickheads’ recruitment policy, Labor insiders say the party’s national secretary and Anthony Albanese’s chief-of-staff put together the perfect campaign team.

Australia’s new prime minister felt the gravity of the moment as he met with the leaders of the US, India and Japan

A 2007-style focus on kitchen table economics, aided by a spiralling cost of living, has kept Labor in the economic debate and put it on the cusp of victory.

He could be deputy prime minister in a week, but Richard Marles isn’t part of the Labor leader’s inner circle, Aaron Patrick writes.

Alan Joyce, Mike Cannon-Brookes, Lindsay Fox, Ben Gray and Sam Mostyn are among the business leaders who back the Labor Leader’s credentials to work with business.

It’s half-time in the race to polling day, and as Anthony Albanese emerges from COVID-19 isolation, Labor can’t afford for anything else to go wrong.

While the cautious return of polling has Labor and its leader with a slight national edge, the Sunshine State story differs — and well-worn templates are guiding its approach.

The Liberal Party is rehiring the Adelaide firm that helped it win the last election, while the Labor campaign will be overseen by an architect of its 2007 victory.

Labor and the Coalition are putting the final touches on their election campaign plans, though some key personnel decisions are still to be finalised.

Labor and the Coalition are putting the final touches on their election campaign plans, though some key personnel decisions are still to be finalised.