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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 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’

The Guardian - AU

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.

Newcastle Herald

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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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 Guardian - AU

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 Conversation

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 Guardian - AU

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 Conversation

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’

The Guardian - AU

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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The Conversation

Why teal independents are seeking Liberal voters and spooking Liberal MPs

One of the Morrison government’s biggest challenges in this election campaign is the rise of the “teals”, a group of 22 independents who have received funding from Climate 200.

ABC News

Coalition continues to attack NSW anti-corruption commission model despite 'buffoon' sledge by outgoing commissioner

The federal government refuses to back down from its criticism of the New South Wales anti-corruption watchdog, despite being labelled "buffoons" by its outgoing commissioner.

Pedestrian.tv

How Do The Major Parties Measure Up On Women’s Policy?

We’re here to help you understand and compare each major party’s policies for women and gender equality without the political spin.

The Guardian - AU

ANZ and CBA to raise after central bank decision – as it happened

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Federal election: Scott Morrison defends rate rise as proof of economic recovery, as Labor says his credentials are 'shredded'

Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers is quick to criticise the federal government's economic management, saying today's interest rate rise will negatively impact millions of Australians.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: voters unmoved by election promises, RBA to decide on rate rise, female facial hair

Tuesday: Labor leads in polls but both parties struggle to engage voters. Plus: what happens when female facial hair is made visible?

Newcastle Herald

Coal on election agenda with clash of views over McKell Institute 'casuals' report

Keith Pitt says coal casual labour claims are 'propaganda'

The Guardian - AU

What are the differences between the major parties’ homebuying policies this election?

Coalition spruiks exisiting Home Guarantee scheme, while Labor promotes ‘shared equity’ program

The Guardian - AU

Interest rate rise: who makes the high-stakes decision and how does it get made?

The RBA is considering raising the official cash rate for the first time since 2010 and the outcome will have big ramifications for the federal election

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: Labor maintains lead as major parties struggle to reach disengaged voters

Australian voters appear unmoved despite major parties’ billions in election campaign promises

ABC News

How Aspen Medical got 'paid access' to politicians before it made more than $1 billion in the pandemic

The former chairman and co-founder of Aspen Medical tells Four Corners how the company obtained access to senior ranks of the Coalition government before it made more than $1 billion from the pandemic.

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