Activist group GetUp! made 40,000 phone calls in seats selected to target Abbott-aligned parliamentarians, helping Labor win its key gains.

When it comes to election campaigns, it’s easier to sell the negative over the positive – at a massive cost to taxpayers.

The PBO has proved a boon for accountability, preventing political parties from citing fanciful costings or embarking on ‘black hole’ scare campaigns.

Donations from a Liberal Party-owned company, through which thousands in taxpayer dollars have been funnelled, expose deep flaws in political fundraising.

Mike Baird’s winning ways are losing their lustre as critics accuse him of pushing NSW towards being a privatised police state.

As the long election campaign grinds on, political dirt units remain the most reliable source of interest, leaking within parties and between them.

A new political nous in economic research groups has seen them capture debate and set the policy course for the election.

In any ordinary circumstances, Malcolm Turnbull would be out selling last week’s budget. Instead, he’s on the hustings, largely ignoring it.

Following a sponsored visit by Reagan adviser Arthur Laffer, Malcolm Turnbull’s budget is based on the fallacy of his trickle-down economics.