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Morrison’s whistle-stops span the nation, but five MPs were left to fight their own battles

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conspicuous absence from five battleground seats has underscored his greatest challenge this election.

The New Daily

Australians ‘uniformly worried’ about economy on election eve

Opposition Labor party maintains lead ahead of Saturday election amid rising uncertainty about the future.

Al Jazeera

Chinese-language publisher offers election candidates gushing praise on WeChat. But the flattery comes with a price tag

A mysterious media agency is behind a fee-for-service offering to federal election candidates, including Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, placement of favourable news articles and interviews on the Chinese-language social media platform WeChat.

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Cabinet committee blocked plan to double Australia’s support to Pacific, election-eve leak reveals

‘Extraordinary’ revelation about national security decision shows the government is ‘falling apart’, Labor says

The Guardian - AU

Australia election: voters to go to polls in battle of ‘bulldozer’ and ‘builder’

Opposition Labor party’s lead in polls has narrowed in final week of an attritional campaign

The Guardian - AU

Whether it was climate, integrity or the economy, no topic was safe from political spin in the 2022 election campaign. Here are the facts

Politicians were spinning hard for Australian's votes during the 2022 election. So who got their facts straight, and who missed the mark?

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Hundreds of millions of dollars in JobKeeper went to a group of private schools that grew their surpluses to almost $1 billion

Most private schools that took JobKeeper increased their income during the first year of the pandemic, including some of Australia's most exclusive schools.

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Labor defends $7.4bn increase in deficit to fund election promises

Jim Chalmers says investments in childcare and cleaner energy are necessary and further budget savings could later be identified

The Guardian - AU

Australian conservative party faces teal independent threat

Sydney businesswoman Allegra Spender has an impeccable pedigree for a career in Australian politics

The Independent UK

Gas industry and Coalition reach for a get-out-of-catastrophe-free card in climate crisis Monopoly

Carbon capture and storage isn’t working close to a scale that would significantly lower emissions – despite billions in taxpayers’ cash thrown at it

The Guardian - AU

What are the rules around truth in political advertising in a federal election?

Signs falsely depicting independent candidates as part of the Greens are in breach of the Electoral Act, the Australian Electoral Commission says. So what are the rules?

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Government claims of 7% real wage rise since in office disputed – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

‘Hello it’s John Howard calling’: former PM says Liberal party asked him to ‘campaign extensively’

The current prime minister is unpopular in city marginal seats, so the Coalition is banking on robocalls and letterbox drops from Howard to sway voters

The Guardian - AU

The Loop: Coalition shares election costings, refugee advocate wins court appeal, and an English soccer player comes out as gay

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The Guardian - AU

Coalition costings: $3.3bn in public service cuts to fund election pledges worth $2.3bn

Josh Frydenberg spruiks ‘responsible approach’ and calls on Labor to submit its policies to financial scrutiny

The New Daily

‘Respect and expect’: Coalition to cut public service funding

Scott Morrison will order “well paid” public servant bosses to make $2.7 billion in cuts to help the government claw back its trillion-dollar debt.

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Cuts to public sector spending underpin Coalition's forecast budget improvement

The Coalition says it would improve the budget bottom line over the next four years by roughly a billion dollars, by driving down spending on the public service.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison tells A Current Affair ‘jobkeeper saved the country’ – as it happened

Prime minister tells Tracy Grimshaw ‘I could have been more sensitive at times’; nation records 66 Covid deaths. This blog is now closed

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The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: Albanese poised for victory as Morrison struggles to save himself

Scott Morrison may be praying for a second miracle win, but last week he conceded Australians were looking for a change in the way government operates.

The Conversation

State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign

In the first week of the campaign, we journeyed around the country with six politics experts to examine the key seats and issues affecting different parts of the Australia.

ABC News

Josh Frydenberg says Australia has achieved a greater reduction in emissions than New Zealand, Canada and the OECD. Is that correct?

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Australia has achieved a reduction in emissions of 20 per cent on 2005 levels, which he says is greater than New Zealand, Canada and the OECD. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

The New Daily

View from The Hill: Scott Morrison tells Liberal launch ‘I’m just warming up’ as he pitches on home ownership

When he mounted the stage, Josh Frydenberg received a reception beyond the obligatory enthusiasm required of the hand-picked party faithful.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: The time for lazy, comfortable government is over

If Treasurer Josh Frydenberg loses his seat on Saturday his best legacy could end up being his commissioning of a review of Australian productivity.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Scott Morrison tells Liberal launch 'I'm just warming up', as he pitches on home ownership

When he mounted the stage as a warm-up speaker at Sunday’s Liberal launch, Josh Frydenberg received a reception beyond the obligatory enthusiasm required of the handpicked party faithful at these affairs.

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Coalition announces Super Home Buyer scheme at federal election campaign launch in Brisbane

Prime Minister Scott Morrison uses the Liberal Party's campaign launch in Brisbane to announce a plan to allow first home buyers to use their superannuation to purchase a property.

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