Will Higginbotham
Tornado Alley “waking up” as powerful storms sweep through Nebraska
A powerful storm system has resulted in dozens of tornadoes touching down in the central United States in what is being described...
A quick backgrounder on those minor parties
Confused about minor parties? We get it. That’s why The New Daily spoke to Dr Jill Sheppard, from the School for Politics and International...
Campaign diary: Liberals and Labor make their final pitches
In the final hours of the campaign our leaders were distilling their messages to the Australian people. The key messages boiled down...
Polling booths on Antarctic ice: The extraordinary places Australians are casting a vote
From hours journeying through the dusty desert, to filling out a ballot form with a freezing hand in the middle of Antarctica,...
Campaign diary: Burt the Croc predicts winner as leaders sum up their messages
Less than 48 hours of campaigning remain and it’s safe to say we have officially reached the point of election frenzy. The...
Campaign diary: Keating slams Dutton and the Greens lose another candidate
When former prime minister Paul Keating wants to deliver a verbal blow, boy does he deliver. The one-time Labor leader had a...
Campaign diary: An average Greens voter and a modern-day Lady Godiva
Day 33 of the campaign and the dominant stories were an attempted arson attack on an MP’s car, an elaborate stunt in...
Campaign diary: Liberal launch, first-home buyers’ schemes and the seat of Higgins in doubt
On Sunday – Day 32 – the Liberal Party officially launched its campaign in Melbourne. The biggest news to come out of...
Campaign diary: Border protection, Murdoch media and another candidate out
Another day and another one bites the dust … Liberal candidate for the Victorian seat of Scullin Gurpal Singh resigned on Thursday...
‘A little odd’: PM scoffs at Labor suggestions on refugee deal
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has mocked the opposition over Labor’s plan to send more refugees to the US. Labor’s deputy Tanya Plibersek...