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Liberal forces planning to dump Bridget Archer before next election, veteran party adviser warns

Brad Stansfield says ‘politically crazy’ move is spurred by MP’s independent stance on range of issues

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Labor surpasses its 2018 ‘Danslide’ result after claiming seat of Bass

Jordan Crugnale claims Bass, seeing the party’s presence in the lower house increased by one seat

The Guardian - AU

Vic Labor claims even bigger majority

Victorian Labor has now secured more seats in the lower house than it won at the 2018 state election after incumbent Jordan Crugnale was re-elected in Bass.

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Victorian election count ongoing as results still being finalised in Pakenham, Northcote, Preston, Hastings, Mornington and Bass

The number of votes separating some candidates can be tallied on one hand as election counting continues in six lower house seats.

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Liberals' Bridget Archer set to retain Bass, as Tasmanian MPs Andrew Wilkie, Gavin Pearce and Julie Collins all returned

Liberal MP Bridget Archer is set to become the first politician to win re-election in the seat of Bass in 20 years, as other Tasmanian MPs also retain their seats, with Lyons still too close to call.

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How important is your state's vote this election? Antony Green takes a look

This election will be decided in marginal seats, but as we saw in 2019, the variation in state swings can make a huge impact. So what's the situation in your state? Antony Green takes a look.

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‘Poisonous pamphlets and pork’: what messages are cutting through to voters in this messy campaign?

Here’s what is weighing on the minds of five undecided voters before the federal election on 21 May

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Coalition targets marginal seats with almost $3bn in election spending promises

Labor has pledged close to $1bn for its top 10 marginals with Victorian seat of McEwen leading list of commitments

The Guardian - AU

Northern Tasmania needs more people, and businesses want government help to get them

Businesses in the marginal Liberal seats of Bass and Braddon want help getting people to the island. They also need somewhere to live.

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Jacqui Lambie preferences Labor in two Tasmanian seats but backs Bridget Archer in Bass

ALP will benefit in Braddon and Lyons and will preference JLN Senate candidate Tammy Tyrrell

The Guardian - AU

Bass and Braddon in the balance as Tasmanian voters excoriate Scott Morrison

Few people we meet in these two marginal Liberal seats are negative about Labor leader Anthony Albanese – rather, he’s a bit of a mystery

The Guardian - AU

Pork this way: which electorates have been promised the most in the election campaign?

On a per-voter basis, Coalition-held seats of Bass in Tasmania and Canning in WA given biggest spending commitments so far

The Guardian - AU

Tasmania has 'a habit' of large seat swings, and this election won't be any different, experts say

The marginal Tasmanian electorates of Bass, Braddon and Lyons are likely to get plenty of visits from federal politicians over the six weeks before the election.

ABC News

Where are the most marginal seats, and who might win them?

The map below shows the 2019 federal election results adjusted for redistributions in Victoria and Western Australia. Victoria gained a seat (Hawke), while WA lost one (Stirling). Hawke is a notional Labor seat, while Stirling was a Liberal seat, so Labor gained one notional seat by redistribution.

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NSW and Tasmania first stops on party leaders' federal election campaign trail

Australians living in marginal seats can expect a barrage of attention from the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader as the pair kick off the first full day of the election campaign in seats they're hoping to flip.

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Mixed results for Labor in nine federal seat polls, but a national Morgan poll gives Labor a massive lead

Telereach conducted nine polls in federal seats from March 17-19 for the News Ltd tabloids. All seats had a sample of about 800 according to Kos Samaras. The seats polled were Coalition-held Bass (Tas), Boothby (SA), Chisholm (Vic), Flynn (Qld), Reid (NSW), Swan (WA) and Longman (Qld), and Labor-held Dunkley…

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