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The Guardian
07-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Psychic croc's election fail, Albanese heads straight for ice-cream, and ‘the other guy'
It's over. We've made it to the end of the 2025 federal election campaign. In what can only be described as a national upset, an allegedly psychic crocodile failed to accurately predict the winner. James Colley takes Speckles to task, as well as the election coverage on the big night, including the very respectful send-off to Peter Dutton (or as the US president, Donald Trump, refers to him, 'the other guy') from the one and only Nine News graphics department, before turning to the best part of any election: the recriminations.
The Guardian
24-04-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Crashing into the election's final fortnight like a truck hitting an early voting centre
After an Easter-induced pause in campaigning, we're within the last couple weeks of Australia's elections. Long-suffering election watcher James Colley is still here, looking on as Anthony Albanese gets asked intense geopolitical questions on The Sunday Footy Show, and Peter Dutton manages to tie everything back to cheaper petrol – including Easter chocolate
The Guardian
17-04-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
The housing crisis isn't sparing Peter Dutton's son, and Albanese won't spare a hug
We're just over halfway through the election campaign, and the Labor and Liberal parties have only now officially launched their campaigns. Focused squarely on housing, Peter Dutton went for the personal angle when he roped his son in to tell the media that he, too, is finding it difficult to afford a home – prompting a 24-hour media interrogation as to whether Dutton senior would help Dutton junior out. James Colley looks back at the campaign in this week's instalment of Surviving the election with James Colley
The Guardian
04-04-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Woke agendas and taking the piss: Australia's election campaign is underway
Australia's federal election campaign is officially happening, and we've already been running down the checklist of media coverage prerequisites: overwrought visual metaphors, misleading charts and the culture wars can't help but pop up too. James Colley looks back at the first week of the campaign in this week's instalment of Surviving the Election with James Colley
The Guardian
28-03-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
A delulu week in politics with campaign mode imminent, but not before a corflute crisis
It's budget week, but before the Albanese government could get onto any of that, we had to work our way though an important election prerequisite: pointless corflute drama. James Colley relives the media preoccupation over a placard, and combs through the reactions to the budget as part of his series, Surviving the Election with James Colley
