Despite a scare campaign over a hung parliament, the election is tending to a narrow Coalition victory, with the Greens as everyone’s enemy.

Their attack on Labor’s economic figures may have backfired, but the Coalition’s campaign HQ is just happy the focus is back on the economy.

In the first major policy announcement of the campaign, Labor has built a wedge on Medicare rebates – and won powerful support.

Amid confusion over forward estimates, the budget is as much about promised economic planning as it is an election pitch.

By picking a battle over investment incentives, the Coalition and the opposition are looking to fight the election at opposing ends of the “Australian dream”.

Aided by voting reforms and the quirks of a double-dissolution election, Pauline Hanson is in a seat-winning position for the first time in more than a decade.

As foreign investment increases, especially from China, new protocols are being weighed to find a balance between Australia’s national security and economic growth.

Seven months into their partnership, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison are struggling to reconcile their different styles.

The death last month of a 10-year-old Indigenous girl in a remote WA community intensifies the need for a clearer approach to suicide prevention.