Introduction: Analysing the 2013 Australian Federal Election

Part 1. Campaign Themes and Context

An Overview of the 2013 Federal Election Campaign: Ruinous politics, cynical adversarialism and contending agendas

The Battle for Hearts and Minds

The Leadership Contest: An end to the 'messiah complex'?

Part 2. Vital Images of the Campaign-The Media, Campaign Advertising, Polls, Predictions and the Cartoons

The Empire Strikes Back: Mainstream media still matters

New Media in the Electoral Context: The new normal

Campaign Advertising and Communication Strategies in the Election of 2013

Making Policy and Winning Votes: Election promises and political strategies in the 2013 campaign

How the Pollsters Called the Horse Race: Changing polling technologies, cost pressures, and the concentration on the two-party-preferred

All That Glitters: Betting markets and the 2013 Australian federal election

Nearly All About Kevin: The election as drawn by Australian cartoonists

Part 3. Party Perspectives

The Liberal Campaign in the 2013 Federal Election

The Labor Party Campaign and Aftermath

The 2013 Federal Election: The Greens campaign

Part 4. Regional Variations in Voting Trends

The Electoral Geography of the 2013 Election: Voting patterns in the states and regions for the Lower House

Regional Place-Based Identities and Party Strategies at the 2013 Federal Election

The Contest for Rural Representation: The celebrated contest over Indi and the fate of the independents

The Advent of Two New Micro Parties: The Palmer United Party and Katter's Australia Party

Part 5. Salient Issues

An Impecunious Election: The significance of fiscal and economic issues

Ethnic Voting and Asylum Issues

The Environment in the 2013 Election: Controversies over climate change, the carbon tax and conservation

Unstable Bipartisanship or Off the Agenda? Social issues during the 2013 election campaign

Gender and the 2013 Election: The Abbott 'mandate'

Part 6. The Results

Explaining the Results

Documenting the Inevitable: Voting behaviour at the 2013 Australian election

Conclusion: Reflections on Abbott's Gambit-Mantras, manipulation and mandates