Crikey Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane and writer-at-large Guy Rundle talk the Australian economy, the Labor leadership and Bob Katter’s drongo appeal.

With one week remaining in the election campaign, how has it come to this for Labor? Bernard Keane and Cathy Alexander look at Kevin Rudd’s rough road and what we can expect from the last week of the campaign — and a likely Abbott government.

They’re halfway down the straight, and who’s got his neck in front? Crikey’s political oracle Bernard Keane talks to editor Jason Whittaker about the challenge facing Tony Abbott to run down Kevin Rudd.

Crikey’s Guy Rundle and Cathy Alexander pan the parties, smash the state and call for a new order in Australian politics. This is Crikey’s uncut response to a dull, technocratic and gaffe-obsessed election campaign.