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Odds on for an overwhelming Labor victory
Tim Colebatch At national level, the bookies have Labor as overwhelming favourite to win Saturday's election. But at seat-by-seat level, their odds are pointing to a hung Parliament.
Candidate denies violence
The Country Liberal Party in the Northern Territory is under renewed pressure to disendorse a candidate after court documents revealed he was violent towards his former partner.
Blood on the hustings as candidates get physical
A bit of biffo has heated up what has otherwise been a passionless campaign, writes David Humphries.
The edge of their seats
Michael Gordon Ewen Jones is a generously proportioned political novice, taking on a seasoned pro in Herbert, one of the north Queensland seats the Coalition must win.
Porkometer's running hot
Jessica Irvine Oh to live in a marginal seat! To you must go the spoils of new sporting facilities, canteens, hospital equipment and security cameras.
Campaigns abroad: where did all the fun go?
Celina Ribeiro, London Somewhere in central London, a truck weaving through red buses and black cabs, pulling behind it a giant poster about Tony Abbott's contract with Australia.
Labor claws back but poll still too close to call
Tim Colebatch Labor is clawing its way back. But a state breakdown of the four Age/Nielsen polls suggests the Coalition still has a fighting chance of winning.
Polls pointing to a cliffhanger election
Tim Colebatch Bookies still say it's Labor - but only just. And despite appearances, the polls are converging, and pointing towards a cliffhanger result in Saturday's election.
Leaders urge calm as punch-ups erupt on Queensland hustings
Katharine Murphy Queensland takes its ''battleground'' status to new levels with two campaign punch-ups prompting the Prime Minister to warn her people to act sensibly - while Coalition candidate hangs on despite...
Don't blame me for their sins
Phillip Coorey Chief Political Correspondent JULIA GILLARD has appealed to NSW and Queensland voters not to punish her government for the sins of state Labor as the election campaign enters its final week with both sides accusing the other of...
Domestic violence rears in Lingiari
The Country Liberal Party has rejected a move to disendorse its candidate in the outback seat of Lingiari over the breach of a domestic violence order, defying Tony Abbott and angering the Northern...
The perils of being real with real people
Mark Davis and Jacqueline Maley The problem with being real is that you have to - albeit occassionally - confront real people.
Gillard's top end token: $2m sports aid
Dan Harrison Julia Gillard yesterday sought to put the ghosts of former Labor leaders Kevin Rudd and Mark Latham behind her by turning to her favoured area of education.
Libs may win with fewer votes
Tim Colebatch The Coalition is on track to reap big swings in the crucial states of NSW and Queensland, which would return it to power even if Labor won most votes, polls reveal.
Kooyong clod's clanger
Damien Murphy The election has been a godsend to once and future prime ministerial pretenders like John Hewson, Malcolm Turnbull and Peter Costello.
Gillard the favourite by a nose
Tim Colebatch Australia's punters are putting their money on Julia Gillard. They see Labor as on track to scrape back into office with its majority cut to six or eight seats.
It's no big deal: Labor hoses down accusations about Greens
Phillip Coorey CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT LABOR has released the preference agreement it signed with the Greens in a bid to shoot down Coalition claims it involved side deals on policies such as mining and carbon taxes.
Small pork barrel in Top End. Not many dollars on the deficit.
Jacqueline Maley and Mark Davis Gillard ain't gonna shilly-shally: she responds to those "anonymous allegations reported on TV"
Libs pledge 3000 extra aged-care beds to curb crisis
Stephanie Peatling and Kirsty Needham A COALITION government would free 3000 aged-care beds to ease the nursing home-care crisis.
Labor in trouble up north, but the bookies still like it
Tim Colebatch Labor in serious trouble of losing the August 21 election in two key states of New South Wales and Queensland, analysis of the last three Age/Nielsen polls reveals.
