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Pencils ready: it’s time for Politics 2019 Bingo!

Australian politics in 2019 will inevitably be dominated by the federal election, expected in May. So what can we expect for the year ahead? Here’s your handy politics bingo card to play as we watch the ideas, strategies and tactics of the political parties play out.

Centre-left parties doing hard labour

For political junkies, 2017 has been a bumper year for elections, particularly across Europe.

South Australia is proving to be a key point of interest for the electoral contest – not least because of the rise of Nick Xenophon’s new party. Photo: AAP/Julian Smith

SA's economy is the laggard of a nation in transition

Not for the first time, there is something incongruous about South Australian politics.

Shorten plays to Labor’s strengths in budget reply

There were three competing and conflicting narratives in the Coalition’s budget. First, there was the narrative that Malcolm Turnbull and colleagues have been playing up – that their budget built on tax cuts for middle-income earners and small (and not-so-small) business – was part of their long-term plan for economic growth.

The Killing Season: multiple truths but little honesty