Crikey's election podcast is back for the 2025 federal election. In this week's episode: how should Australia's next leader deal with Donald Trump?

At the end of the election campaign's first week, we take a look at the leaders' responses to Trump's extraordinary 'Liberation Day' tariffs, from Albo's five-point plan to Dutton's mixed-up message.

Is it a surprise that Australians don't trust politicians when the first piece of party communication they receive is a data harvesting form meant to deceive them?

Anthony Albanese says he won't be imposing tariffs on US goods — but he's opted for other, softer forms of protectionism instead.

Invading Ukraine, stirring internal divisions, provoking regime change and trying to discredit democratic governance in countries across Europe. It's all part of Russia’s geopolitical long game.

Several crossbenchers have called for Australia to pull out of AUKUS, while Labor unveiled a suite of policies to tackle Donald Trump's new tariffs.

Anthony Albanese reckons the independents movement is an anti-Coalition phenomenon. These candidates say otherwise.

Trump spent the 2024 campaign promising a Purge-style “rough hour, and I mean real rough” for criminals under his administration and pretending to fellate his microphone. Saying he wouldn’t mind if a ...

Australia's two major party leaders are feeling generous, hugging babies and making local promises worth hundreds of millions. We're mapping them (not the babies).

Kirsty and Luke from Manildra Group have generously and thoughtfully gifted a delightful 700ml bottle of Ross Cadell branded tailored gin, the one-of-one bottle with pronounced botanicals including ...

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As sales plunge catastrophically, Tesla faces claims it defrauded Canada's electric vehicle subsidy scheme — from which it ...