Surprise, Electioncast is back! In this bonus episode, Crystal Andrews and associate editor Cam Wilson dissect the campaign antics of right-wing lobby group Advance, who spent millions in advertising against progressive MPs like the Greens’ Max Chandler-Mather and independent Zoe Daniel.

Advance is celebrating the loss of key Greens seats as proof of its influence, but how much of an impact did it really have? We analyse the group’s strategy and spend against the election result.

Read all of Cam’s analysis of the Advance campaign:

• How Advance’s anti-Greens campaign backfired and helped elect a progressive Parliament
• Two sexual assault accusers say right-wing group Advance ‘weaponised’ their claims without their consent
• Anti-vaccine ‘freedom movement’ stars actively organising for Liberal-backed Advance group

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Well, that sure was something! In this post-election episode, Crikey politics editor Bernard Keane and readers editor Crystal Andrews discuss why this resounding Labor win by Anthony Albanese is so unique in Australian politics, review what the polls (and Electioncast!) got wrong, and speculate about what’s next for a dazed and confused Coalition.

Then Anton Nilsson shares the insights he gleaned from voters in Dickson and the deflated Liberal HQ party in Brisbane after witnessing Peter Dutton’s farewell speech, and Rachel Withers takes stock of how the new crossbench is shaping up.

Read more:

• It wasn’t just Trump: Albanese built this remarkable victory himself
• Liberals followed Dutton into unfamiliar territory. And he led them off a cliff
• The Liberals drowned their sorrows at the wake with a soaring rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody. Dickson had sealed their fate.
• The crossbench has shifted. Our interactive table shows the state of play
• Forget the lower house, the game-changing shift could be Senate’s tilt to the left

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We’re at the pointy end now, and an astonishing poll is predicting a whopping Labor majority. Can that really be right?

Crikey politics editor Bernard Keane and readers’ editor Crystal Andrews discuss the final YouGov poll of the campaign, and what the growing support of Pauline Hanson and One Nation means for the next parliament – and the future of Australian politics.

Then, media reporter Daanyal Saeed catches us up on some juicy tips from Dutton’s campaign bus.

Read more:

• Will Pauline Hanson be a kingmaker?
• Teals will prevail amid Coalition bloodbath if latest poll bears out
• Jim Chalmers has nuked Labor’s economic credibility — and Wayne Swan’s fiscal legacy
• From ‘hate media’ to ‘lock him up’, Dutton’s Trump tribute act is still reliably playing the hits
• Tips: Dynasties deluxe, Dutton hates his bus people, and we are all TIRED

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