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State governments, doctors pressure major parties for election commitment to permanent increase on hospital funding

States are ramping up the pressure on the major parties to pledge billions extra in public hospital funding to ensure patients across the country get the care they need.

ABC News

Feeling again forgotten at a federal election, remote voters lament empty promises to close the gap

With scant hope of getting jobs and crammed into crowded housing, remote Indigenous voters say they are cynical of promises to close the gap.

ABC News

The Coalition is guaranteeing essential services and lower tax. We can't have both

In the midst of Labor’s campaign about the cost of living, the Coalition has zeroed in on one of those costs – taxes – and guaranteed to stop them rising. Its Lower Tax Guarantee promises:

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We tracked election ad spending for 4,000 Facebook pages. Here's what they're posting about – and why cybersecurity is the bigger concern

Have you noticed your Facebook and Instagram feed filling up with political ads lately?

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Half-time results are in: who's having a good election campaign, and who isn't?

When pre-poll voting starts on Monday May 9, it will signal the denouement of one of the least compelling streaming series ever to secure repeat funding: #AusVotes2022.

The Conversation

Australians overwhelmingly support action to reduce carbon emissions, Vote Compass data shows

How much would Liberal, Labor and Green voters be prepared to spend each year to help prevent climate change? Vote Compass has the answer.

ABC News

After COVID-19, experts say it’s ‘disappointing’ that health care isn't a bigger focus this election

When it comes to managing your health, the first person you might turn to is your GP. Yet, so far, there has been very little in this election campaign on how either party would improve and fund access to quality GP care.

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Undecided? Jaded with Australia’s major parties? Here are five stark differences between them this election

I dedicate little attention to the daily campaign grind – but the contrasts between Labor and the Coalition are black and white

The Guardian - AU

New NSW logging rules still allow clearing of koala habitat, conservationists say

Independent MP accuses Liberal party of caving in to its Coalition partner the Nationals on koala protection

The Guardian - AU

A shared equity scheme could help break the cycle of insecure renting for single parents

Labor’s Help to Buy election promise would expand the Coalition’s scheme to people who can’t afford mortgage repayments on current house prices

The Guardian - AU

Government promises $17.9 million in help to small businesses

If re-elected, Prime Minister Scott Morrison pledges up to 400,000 small businesses could benefit from a government investment.

The Canberra Times

Candidates clash on Labor emissions plan

Mr Thomson has challenged Mr Repacholi's assurance that "no Hunter mines" would be affected by the party's policy.

Newcastle Herald

Coalition and Labor have pledged to freeze the age pension deeming rate until 2024. Here's what that means for pensioners

Deeming is an assumption about how much income people earn from their investments — and it's part of the process the government uses to work out whether someone is eligible for the age pension.

ABC News

How Do The Major Parties Measure Up On LGBTQIA+ Policy?

We’re here to help you understand and compare each major party’s policies for LGBTQIA+ rights without the political spin.

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The Guardian - AU

The election is a fight of who is disliked the least – there is a clear and growing destabilisation in our politics

As the pandemic eases, confidence in major parties and traditional politicians is returning to earlier trends of disaffection and distrust

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison warns overly powerful Icac could turn Australia into ‘public autocracy’

Labor, which has promised to establish a national anti-corruption commission ‘with teeth’, says the PM’s comments show his ‘true colours are emerging now’

Newcastle Herald

As it happened: Andrew Barr gets a shoutout from Treasurer

The Reserve Bank decision to lift the cash rate on Tuesday has forced the Coalition to defend its handling of the economy.

ABC News

Federal election: Rising interest and inflation rates dominate debate between Josh Frydenberg and Jim Chalmers — as it happened

Interest rates, cost-of-living pressures and how each party would start to repay our historic debt dominate the treasury debate. Look back at all the day's politics.

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: RBA’s shock interest rate rise, Roe v Wade leak authentic, Apra award winners

Wednesday: Federal election campaign brings unease in coal-rich NSW seat of Hunter. Plus: One Nation scrambles for candidates

The Conversation

How the Liberals lost the 'moral middle class' - and now the teal independents may well cash in

Josh Frydenberg says they are fake independents, John Howard called them anti-Liberal groupies, Scott Morrison points out they are only standing in Liberal seats, and that a vote for them is in fact a vote for Labor.

The Guardian - AU

Coalition accused of stalling ban on imports made using slave labour

Morrison government wants time to consult business and upgrade IT but campaigners say Australia is lagging other countries

The Conversation

View from The Hill: The interest rate rise is a political wild card

The Reserve Bank, as expected, has thrown its wild card into the election campaign, but neither government nor opposition can be sure which side will be more damaged, or advantaged, by it.

The Guardian - AU

Labor says rate rise highlights PM’s shredded credentials but Morrison insists it’s part of pandemic journey

Scott Morrison says Reserve Bank has ‘made a very important statement about where we are now in our journey out of this pandemic’

ABC News

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australians ready for rate increase, as Labor warns nation faces cost-of-living crisis

The Prime Minister says households are prepared to deal with the first increase to interest rates in more than a decade, but Labor says his government is not doing enough to ease cost-of-living pressures.

ABC News

Housing pressure on Hunter region's domestic violence services puts Labor, Coalition on notice

Support services say both major federal parties need to step up with too many women staying in unsafe homes and fearing poverty if they flee domestic violence.

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