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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Election expert Antony Green on the election map

With the announcement of a polling date imminent, Michelle Grattan speaks with the ABC’s election analyst Antony Green about the national electoral map, with its variations between the states.

The Conversation

Liberals hijack Albanese web address

A web address bearing the name of Labor leader Anthony Albanese has been registered by the Liberal National Party ahead of the election.

AAP

Labor questions pre-election advertising

The federal government has been accused by Labor of milking taxpayer funds to pay for advertising ahead of a looming election campaign.

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The budget super giveaway that allows the already wealthy to amass even more tax-free

One of the strangest, certainly one of the hardest to justify, measures in last week’s budget was called “supporting retirees”.

The Conversation

Another Lib MP Has Lashed Out And Called The PM A ‘Self-Serving Bully’ & The Tea Is Hot Today

You know shit's wild when even the Liberal Party's own MPs are saying they won't vote Liberal.

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Ex-mayor enters Parramatta fight

Former Cumberland City mayor Steve Christou blasts the major parties as he announces run as an independent for the federal seat of Parramatta in Sydney's west.

AAP

Catherine Cusack slams Scott Morrison as "ruthless self-serving bully", won't vote for the PM

"Doing the right thing now won't get my vote because it won't undo the wrong he has done to my community."

Newcastle Herald

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Labor's federal election candidate for Flynn says coal is the word in 'classic marginal seat'

A candidate in a "classic marginal seat" in central Queensland says coal is the word, but his opponent doubts voters will buy it.

ABC News

Expedited aged care nurses in doubt

Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck says Labor appears to be backtracking on its aim to have a 24/7 nurse in aged care facilities.

AAP

Environmentalists slam proposal for former Rio Tinto executive to join uranium mine leadership

Chris Salisbury was one of three senior executives who stepped down after the destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred site at Juukan Gorge. He has been named as the proposed chair of a $658m merger with the company developing WA's first uranium mine.

ABC News

NSW Liberal MP 'can't vote for Morrison'

Scott Morrison is again facing accusations of bullying and politicising the NSW floods from within his own party as Labor plays down its lead in the polls.

AAP

FOI documents show NT government previously forecast it would not meet target to build 650 remote houses in five years

FOI documents reveal the NT government was last year predicting it would miss a deadline to build 650 federally-funded remote homes in five years. The government now says it is on track to get them done.

ABC News

Preselection and parachuting candidates: 3 reasons parties override their local branch members, despite the costs

Allegations emerged over the weekend that Prime Minister Scott Morrison used a racist slur in a preselection battle in 2007.

The Conversation

Labor and Coalition ramp up pressure on multinational tax avoidance ahead of election

As part of its election pitch to fight multinational tax avoidance, Labor announces plans to tighten legal loopholes that allow big companies to shift profits offshore, as well as to introduce steps to increase transparency.

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Questions raised over millions in federal budget funding for charity with no office or staff

The Prime Minister's department insists it carried out "due diligence" before awarding, without a tender process, millions of dollars to a foundation that appears to have no office, website or staff and was established last year.

ABC News

With election 2022 nearly upon us, can we actually trust the opinion polls this time?

There's been a lot of soul-searching after opinion polls failed to predict Scott Morrison's 2019 win, but the big question remains: Will the polls be closer to the mark this time around?

The Guardian - AU

Poll: Coalition cash splash leaves voters cold as just a quarter say budget will be good for them

Half of voters say budget designed to win election as Labor takes 11-point lead on economic management

AAP

Don't expect surpluses for a while: Labor

Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers says the budget a Labor government would inherit would not provide scope for surpluses any time soon.

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The Conversation

‘Nothing left in the tank’: resigning Tasmanian premier Peter Gutwein deserves credit on COVID and economics

Liberal premier Peter Gutwein’s resignation, less than a year into his second term, is a seismic shift in Tasmanian politics.

The Guardian - AU

Brisbane flight paths to be redrawn under new Morrison government plan

Anger over flight noise pollution bubbling away in affected areas of inner-city Brisbane since 2020 flight path changes

ABC News

Former CLP candidate Kylie Bonanni resigns from party, announces run for Solomon as an independent

Two former Country Liberal Party members will now run for the Northern Territory federal seat of Solomon against the party's own candidate Tina MacFarlane. ABC election analyst Antony Green says it isn't good news for the CLP.

ABC News

Coal exports forecast to smash record with value set to break $100 billion this financial year

The latest Resources and Energy Quarterly report says metallurgical and thermal coal price spikes follow the Russian invasion of Ukraine, local weather events and global demand driven by China.

The Guardian - AU

Coalition tries for third time to let renewable energy agency fund technologies using fossil fuels

New rules could allow Arena to back developments that use CCS, such as that of ‘blue’ hydrogen made with gas, Senate hears

Pedestrian.tv

Final Opinion Polls Before Election Show This Is Going To Be Too Fkn Close And I Cannot Look

The first opinion polls of the federal election campaign are here and they show Labor's lead over the Coalition has slipped again slightly.

ABC News

Queensland turned its back on Labor over coal jobs last federal election. What are the key issues this time?

After three years of bushfires, a pandemic and rising living costs, Australians face another federal election, with job security and climate change still major issues in regional Queensland.

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