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- Day 30: How can journalism save itself? with David Hardaker
The 2022 federal election campaign has brought to the fore questions about political journalism and how it best serves the audience. On today's Electioncast, Crikey investigations editor David Hardaker explains to audience editor Imogen Champagne about an open letter he wrote to Australian journalists about how improving the quality of coverage rests on their shoulders.
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20 min - Day 29: What the debate and polls tell us about Scott Morrison vs. Anthony Albanese
On today's Electioncast, Crikey's federal politics reporter Kishor Napier-Raman debriefs after a particularly shouty leaders debate and yet another bad set of polls for the Coalition.
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14 min - Day 26: How is Scott Morrison exploiting political polarisation? with Bernard Keane
The rise of 'teal' independents is evidence that polarisation is growing not merely between states in Australia but between urban and regional communities. Crikey's political editor Bernard Keane spoke to associate editor Amber Schultz about how Scott Morrison is stoking this as an electoral strategy.
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17 min - Day 25: Will Craig Kelly win back his seat? with Amber Schultz
The seat of Hughes has been subject to all manner of chaos in the lead up to the election, from Craig Kelly's defection to ongoing Liberal party preselection battles -- and now that the election has started, you can add to that a strong challenge from a "teal" independent and a One Nation candidate about as easy to get ahold of as Keyser Söze. Crikey Associate editor Amber Schultz joins Charlie Lewis to discusse last nights Hughes candidates forum, and what it tells us about how things will turn out there.
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11 min - Day 24: Who won the treasurers debate? with Kishor Napier-Raman
Josh Frydenberg and Jim Chalmers faced off in a live televised “treasures” debate at the National Press Club today. It comes just a day after interest rate rises and inflation data damaged the Coalition’s economic credibility. So who won? Federal politics reporter Kishor Napier-Raman joined Electioncast today with some key takeaways, plus some insight into where Scott Morrison has and hasn’t been seen on the election campaign trail.
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13 min - Day 23: What does the rate rise mean for the election? with Bernard Keane
It's official. After historical low interest rates, the RBA took the earlier-than-forecast move of increasing the cash rate by 25 basis point to 0.35 percent. It's the first interest rise in a decade and, importantly, the first one in an election campaign since 2007. Crikey's Bernard Keane explains the decision and dissects what it will mean for the contest between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese.
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21 min - Day 22: What was the vibe of Labor's campaign launch? with Charlie Lewis
The official Labor Party election campaign launch was yesterday, the first to be held in Western Australia this side of the Second World War. In today's Electioncast, Charlie Lewis takes us behind the scenes; who was there, how do journos and politicians while away the hours before things get going, and how long did Albanses go on for this time?
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14 min - Day 19: Could WA turn the election? with Charlie Lewis
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has announced he'll be touching down in WA to launch his election campaign. Amber Schultz speaks to Charlie Lewis on the road in Perth about the significance of the hermit state in the federal election -- and why a state that has been so pro-Coalition in the past is looking like flipping.
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15 min - Day 18: What will be the impact of a mid-campaign rate rise? with Bernard Keane
On Today's Electioncast Tips and Murmurs editor Charlie Lewis speaks to politics editor Bernard Keane about yesterdays monstrous inflation rise, what this means for everyday Australians and what impact this might have on the election.
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18 min - How are human traffickers preying on Ukrainian refugees? with Amber Schultz
On a special edition of the Electioncast, associate editor Amber Schultz discusses the three weeks she spent reporting from the Ukrainian border. Yesterday, she published a four part investigative series on Crikey.com.au about the fight against human trafficking there as predators and pedophiles hope to take advantage of vulnerable refugees. We will be back to election content tomorrow!
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Cut Through is Crikey’s spin-free analysis of Australian news, politics and power. Each week we break down the biggest news stories, stripping away the noise to bring you the…
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