As Liberals prepare to fly to Canberra to hash out their net zero stance, results from the Australian Election Study suggest those under 45 have continued to drift away from the Coalition.

It takes a long time to build anything at all in Australia's dysfunctional housing market, even for the federal government, but Labor's social housing fund is inching towards an impact.

Labor has been given several policy options to expand on its housing agenda after Jim Chalmers acknowledged yesterday its signature target was not on track.

A series of subheadings accidentally sent to the ABC by Treasury reveals extensive detail about its frank advice to the re-elected Albanese government.

The government wants to impose a new tax to push the tech platforms to make funding agreements with news organisations.

There was no mistaking the impression that the treasurer is emboldened by the election result and wants to seize his moment.

Andrew Bragg also promises a focus on small businesses and private sector investment in his newly created productivity and deregulation shadow portfolios.

The election result is a tale of two cities — Labor has picked up healthy swings on first preferences in affluent areas but there are signs of discontent in the outer suburbs.

While there is broad agreement that Peter Dutton has a narrower path to victory than Anthony Albanese, campaigners are bracing for the unexpected.

Jane Hume joked that the private sector might follow the Liberals in cracking down on work from home, but the party ran into trouble when voters came to fear the same.

Frank and fearless advice about how Australia should navigate Trump's tariffs was lost in the din of election season.

However desperate the situation might seem, cities around the world have shown that a housing crisis can be solved quickly with sufficient political will.

Results of the quarterly Job Vacancies Survey containing estimates of job vacancies classified by industry, sector and state/territory.