Political Campaigns

Labor is accusing conservatives of using abortion as a "political football" while the LNP believes Labor is running a scare campaign.

Katter's Australian Party candidates reference the cane and jug cord as effective ways to discipline children.

In some Australian election campaigns the major parties can feel like two varieties of the same product, but at this election Canberrans have a choice before them that could shape the future of the capital for decades to come.

Could the surprise devastation witnessed in the Northern Territory election a few months ago foreshadow a similar result in the ACT this weekend, or is the shared "territory" label where the similarities between the NT and the ACT end?

ABC Canberra's James Glenday sat down with ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, Canberra Liberals Leader Elizabeth Lee and ACT Greens Leader Shane Rattenbury to ask three simple questions ahead of the ACT election this Saturday.

With both Labor and the LNP based in Brisbane, minor parties and independents are well placed to win over disenfranchised regional voters at the upcoming Queensland election.

Youth crime rates have plummeted in Queensland despite claims from both major parties that the state is in the grip of a crisis.

The Queensland election campaign began on October 1 but the fight against misinformation began far earlier.

When Andrew Barr became ACT chief minister, Tony Abbott was prime minister and Donald Trump hadn't yet announced his run for US president, yet unlike many of his COVID-era counterparts Barr is fighting on.

When Andrew Barr became ACT chief minister, Tony Abbott was prime minister, yet unlike many of his COVID-era counterparts Barr is fighting on.

Short and sharp, the half hour leaders' debate a week-and-a-half out from the ACT election left both sides content about their performance, and no clear winner or loser.

The leaders of the ACT's two major parties have outlined their visions – and traded barbs – over the future of Canberra at the ACT leaders' debate, but key questions remain unanswered.

In Australian politics it is often said that when Labor governments lose they lose big, but even after 23 years in power, ACT Labor is nowhere close to that fate, making the task before Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee fundamentally different.

In Australian politics it is often said that when Labor governments lose they lose big, but even after 23 years in power, ACT Labor is nowhere close to that fate, making the task before Canberra Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee fundamentally different.

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Cody, who lives with his mother and young sister in public housing on the Gold Coast, says they are "barely holding on" as the cost of power and other living expenses balloons.

Presidential debates have become a familiar feature of the American political landscape. As Planet America's John Barron explains, they can make or break a candidate's success. 

Already an expensive city, fast-growing Canberra is grappling with how to give everyone a place to call home

The battle between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris showcases the differences between America's presidential and Australia's Westminster systems, and the contrasts in money, campaigning and razzamatazz.

With polls closing tomorrow, the NT election race has been dominated by a single issue — crime. But the campaign to win government for the next four years has taken some surprising turns.