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Opposition plan to flush out crucial government data was two years in the making and involved an innocuous amendment to a Coalition bill

Pensioners, self-funded retirees and working older Australians are being offered new financial incentives to sell their family home earlier and move into to something smaller. Labor has said it will match the policy.

Scott Morrison is expected to unveil a new scheme to encourage older Australians to sell their family homes at the Coalition's election campaign on Sunday.

The 2022 Federal Election is right around the corner and for our undecided voters' panel, it is starting to become clear who has their support.

The battles in the most high-profile teal seats have become nail-biters, not least because some “soft” voters in these previously safe Liberal heartland electorates are leaving their decisions until very late.

Choose your fighter.

Federal Labor says Prime Minister Scott Morrison broke the "trust and faith" of Australia's most important ally in a stoush over the AUKUS security pact.

To reduce emissions, incorporate new technology and energy sources, Australia needs a new electricity system. The grid of the future needs to be more stable, less centralised and handle large amounts of renewables. The question this election is how to build it.

A Newspoll, conducted May 10-13 from a sample of 1,532, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, unchanged from the previous week’s Newspoll. Primary votes were 38% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (steady), 11% Greens (steady), 6% One Nation (up one), 3% UAP (down one) and 7% all Others (up one).

Scott Morrison reiterates new pitch to voters, promising a ‘gear change’, and Anthony Albanese reveals plan to boost primary healthcare. This blog is now closed

Federal Labor is entering the election campaign home stretch armed with a promise of almost $1 billion in new Medicare and primary-health funding if it wins next weekend's federal poll.