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From election needles to satirical commentators and Antony Green’s ABC swansong, here’s your guide on how to watch the results roll in

Labor’s confidence going into Saturday’s election is tempered by gnawing anxiety about the underlying polling data

Unsolicited texts authorised by Harry Fong, a Senate candidate for Queensland and ‘highly respected barrister’ who befriended Clive Palmer in the 1970s

The previously safe Liberal electorate of Tangney fell to Labor’s Sam Lim – a former dolphin trainer – in the red wave of 2022. Now Howard Ong is fighting to win it back

Exclusive: State’s Aboriginal legal service condemns proposed changes as 48 further roles slated for removal

In front of a crowd of party faithful last weekend, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton referred to the ABC, Guardian Australia and other news platforms as “hate media”. The language was extreme, the inference being these outlets were not simply doing their jobs, but attacking him and his side of politics…

Opposition leader says opening of parliament is an appropriate time for ceremonies but that acknowledgment on planes is ‘over the top’

Correspondence uncovered by Guardian Australia shows that Lang Hancock pleaded with state authorities to return two children, though he later denied claims that one of them was his daughter

Critics compare Coalition leader to Donald Trump while Labor communications minister suggests Dutton is ‘afraid of scrutiny’