10 crashed back into programming (Frugal Foodie) as soon as Albo had finished and was about to go to questions, the lower thirds stayed up for a few seconds afterwards.
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When will we hear from Dutton. He’s missed his chance for blanket coverage at breakfast time. Now everyone is at work. Albo has got the jump on him.
Good move from Albo. Takes the focus completely off Dutton.
Amazing Dutton did a live interview on 3aw in Melbourne before he even did his press conference
Extended 90-minute edition of Insiders this Sunday, likely to continue during the campaign like in 2022.
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ABC News Channel rolling coverage will finish at 12pm AEDT.
Afternoon Briefing will be a 90-minute program today (still listed as a 60-minute program at this stage, however, program description in the EPG says it will be an extended 90-minute edition).
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Murdoch newspapers gave readers a preview of how they are likely to cover the election, with a series of budget front pages on Wednesday which would make a Liberal party newsletter proud.
The Daily Telegraph depicted the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, as a clown juggling small change and offering a “pitifully small tax cut and deficits as far as the eye can see”. Under the headline “Jim pickings”, the commentator Andrew Bolt declared: “We’re not fools Jim.”
The Herald Sun said “Jim’s coffee shot” was “barely enough to buy a cuppa”, with Bolt’s syndicated line of commentary slightly altered to “Treating us like mugs”, mirroring a photo of Chalmers holding a mug of coffee.
The Australian’s “Cost of saving Albo” headline emphasised that Chalmers’ budget would put the country “back in the red”, with a series of red graphs highlighting debt.
The Advertiser compared the tax cut to a six-nugget McHappy meal and the Courier-Mail kept it simple with “Jim’s $17bn vote grab”.
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7NEWS: Australia Decides – Election 2025
The country’s most experienced election news team
The Federal Election is 36 days away and the Seven Network’s 7NEWS will be there every step of the way, as Australia decides.
For a poll in which every state is pivotal, 7NEWS has the biggest and most experienced election team in the country, with reporters stationed across 29 metropolitan and regional newsrooms.
Leading 7NEWS’** coverage is the country’s most respected Political Editor, Mark Riley. For more than three decades and across 11 Federal Elections, he’s been there, seeing and questioning it all.
Mark Riley said: “I’m looking forward to being out on the campaign trail every day with the leaders, holding them to account and determining what their promises mean for our viewers and their families.”
Bringing 20 years of federal politics reporting experience between in them is 7NEWS Politics and National Security Correspondent Tim Lester, and 7NEWS Federal Politics Reporter Isabelle Mullen, who will be live from the campaign trail, reporting the moments that matter to voters.
When these moments play out, the 7NEWS Election Needle will keep track, capturing the pulse of the campaign and giving viewers a clear picture of who’s in the lead.
Throughout the campaign, 7NEWS National News Desk Director Hugh Whitfeld will use new, state-of-the-art technology, giving Australians the results that matter first and providing insight that has never been seen before on an Australian Federal election broadcast.
Your first choice when Australia decides is 7NEWS and 7NEWS.com.au.
7NEWS, nightly at 6.00pm on Seven and 7plus
We use numbers… 
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SBS delivers Federal Election news to Australians in over 60 languages
As Australia heads to the polls on 3 May, Australia’s most trusted news brand SBS is offering all Australians a single gateway to the latest Federal Election news and information in over 60 languages.*
The SBS Election 2025 Portal, sbs.com.au/election2025, features a range of news coverage and expert analysis designed to inform all Australians about the candidates, the election process, and the issues concerning the nation.
This online collaboration brings together content from the network’s diverse and award-winning news and current affairs teams across SBS News, SBS Audio and National Indigenous Television (NITV).
SBS and NITV’s election coverage will include the voices and perspectives of Australia’s multicultural and First Nations communities around the country, and provide information to those who may be new to the voting process in Australia and casting their votes for the first time.
The portal features news and information covering election developments, major issues and party policies; profiles of the party leaders and of key electorates; short videos; podcasts and audio explainers; interactive graphs and charts; as well as guides to the voting process.
Dedicated sections include:
- A collection of election stories in over 60 languages.
- SBS Election Explained, which answers key questions about the election process in multiple languages.
- SBS Examines, with in-depth reporting and explainers on inaccurate or misleading information that may appear during the election campaign.
- The latest political news from NITV.
SBS Director of News and Current Affairs, Mandi Wicks, said: “SBS has a reputation for producing impartial and factual reporting and we will be applying the same forensic and balanced approach to the Federal Election. We will focus on policies not personalities and examine the core issues affecting Australians from all walks of life. We want our audience to go into the ballot box in five weeks feeling empowered to make an informed decision about who they want to govern our country for the next three years.”
SBS Director of Audio and Language Content, David Hua, said: “SBS’s mission is to support Australia’s multicultural communities throughout the election and be a key interface between politicians, policies and our culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Our language services will deliver information to communities about both the election process and the key issues affecting the nation, enabling them to participate fully in our democracy.’’
NITV General Manager, Jason Oakley, said, “NITV will be playing a crucial role in supporting all Australians to be informed and engage in the national conversation with a uniquely First Nations lens. We will be elevating voices from communities around the nation and sharing a range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives – delving into the issues that matter to mob and all Australians, and cutting through the noise.”
SBS On Demand also has a dedicated Federal Election hub, sbs.com.au/ondemand/election-2025, which will host live streams, local news and current affairs programs, clips from SBS World News, NITV News, current affairs programs, audio programs in multiple languages, plus topically relevant documentaries, movies and series.
*Reuters Global News Report 2024
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North Shore “ladies” regret defacing an election poster of Independent Zali Steggall with an expensive Chanel lipstick.
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Why are we breaking into coverage and taking press conferences live every time one of them speaks anyway? Only the news channel should be expected to.
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- ABC do it because they have a news channel which the majority of press conferences are shown on
- I guess Nine took Albo’s this morning because they were on air, and would’ve made for better content than what would likely otherwise be puff pieces they might be able to show on another day
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In this case it was the opening media conference for the first full day of campaigning for Labor and also in Peter Dutton’s seat.
It also helped to balance the coverage of Peter Dutton earlier in the program for Nine.
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Why itineries are not released in advance. The PM also faced a heckler this morning.
🚨 Peter Dutton's first campaign event (at the XXXX brewery in Brisbane) gate crashed by an environmental protester brandishing a "no new coal or nuclear" sign - the woman quickly grabbed by security and dragged out down the stairs pic.twitter.com/rP6m1FOJMU
— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) March 28, 2025
I still don’t think that is a good reason
Weekend Sunrise said that they asked the PM. They attempted to offer balance, but the PM didn’t want to. His office probably pointed to his press conference today, where the media can ask questions. That is fine. He did interviews on breakfast earlier in the week for the budget. Politicians are very well media managed. Our media is so gullible that they fall for the ticks that give the politicians free press all of the time.
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