Electioncast: Is the minority government dream dead?

Crikey’s Electioncast is back! Every Friday throughout the 2025 federal election campaign, politics editor Bernard Keane, readers editor Crystal Andrews and a cast of Crikey journalists will unpack the policy promises, spill gossip from the campaign trail, and address one of the key questions of this election: is the major party duopoly dead? In today’s episode, Peter Dutton’s flip-flopping has seen Labor surge ahead in the most recent polls. Does this kill the prospect of any kind of minority government? We unpack why Anthony Albanese’s fortunes appear to have changed so quickly, and whether the polling is obscuring the momentum behind independent and minor party candidates. Plus, will the NSW doctors’ strike damage federal Labor’s health credentials?.