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When will there be a federal ICAC or anti-corruption commission? What are the parties promising?

Although Anthony Albanese has committed to introducing an ICAC within the first six months of a Labor government, Barnaby Joyce does not think many Australians will care, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison says it's now off his agenda but denies it is a broken promise.

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Bass and Braddon in the balance as Tasmanian voters excoriate Scott Morrison

Few people we meet in these two marginal Liberal seats are negative about Labor leader Anthony Albanese – rather, he’s a bit of a mystery

The Guardian - AU

NSW accused of politicising history scheme as Labor seats miss out on first round of blue plaques

None of 17 markers on buildings where historical figures lived or worked, or where major events occurred, are in Labor-held seats

The Guardian - AU

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Bodies of Indigenous families’ loved ones left in morgues after collapse of funeral insurer Youpla

Federal government urged to provide compensation, as minister says families can apply for state-assisted or ‘pauper’ funerals

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Labor holds 53-47% lead but Albanese takes a hit in Newspoll

Labor has clung to its 53-47% two-party lead in the latest Newspoll, but Anthony Albanese’s ratings have taken a knock after his error-prone first week of the campaign.

The Conversation

Anthony Albanese shifts campaign focus to perceived failings of Morrison government

Labor seeks to pressure Coalition over Medicare, as aspiring Liberal heath minister says party ‘absolutely guarantee Medicare in law’

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison says he misspoke after claiming the JobSeeker unemployment payment had risen to $46 a week

The Prime Minister clarifies his comments about the increase to the JobSeeker rate, after incorrectly claiming the unemployment benefit had risen to $46 a week since the last federal election.

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Australians unlikely to know cost of scrapped submarines until after election, Peter Dutton says

Defence minister says negotiations with France over abandoned naval agreement will ‘take some time’

The Guardian - AU

Australian leader warns of a resurgence in asylum seekers

Australia’s prime minister warns that thousands of asylum seekers will attempt to reach the country by boat if the opposition party wins elections on May 21

The Independent UK

Factcheck: is there any truth to scare campaigns about the cashless debit card and retiree tax?

Coalition and Labor are targeting older Australians with advertising featuring grave warnings for pensioners

The Guardian - AU

Gilmore Liberal candidate Andrew Constance rules out ministerial portfolio

Liberal candidate for Gilmore Andrew Constance has told the Prime Minister he does not want a portfolio in a potential future Coalition federal government. It comes as Labor accuses Mr Constance of rewriting history over his claims that no Australian company had bid for a billion-dollar state rail contract.

ABC News

Australia PM vows no cuts to universal healthcare if re-elected

Prime Minister Scott Morrison denied on Monday that his government would make cuts to Australia's universal healthcare scheme if he is re-elected next month, after the opposition Labor Party raised doubts over its future.

Reuters

Morrison pledges WA defence industry jobs

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used an election campaign visit to Western Australia to announce a $121 million patrol vessel investment.

AAP

How Fitzy crashed ScoMo's big party

Topics: Fitzy crashed the party and the memory bank.

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Albanese 'keeps it real' on campaign trail

Anthony Albanese is determined to have "real interaction" while the coalition sticks with stage-managed events, Labor campaign spokeswoman Katy Gallagher says.

Newcastle Herald

Federal ICAC and integrity in politics shape as key election fights

We're only one week into the election campaign, and broken promises are already looming large.

The Guardian - AU

Voters in hotly contested Liberal-held seat rank climate and environment over economy, poll finds

Integrity also considered a key issue in poll of voters in Liberal-held seat of North Sydney, reflecting results of wider poll of marginal seats across country

AAP

Labor switches to attack as stocks dive

Anthony Albanese has visited Brisbane to take aim at the prime minister's record, as Scott Morrison talks up defence jobs in Western Australia.

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The Guardian - AU

Anne Ruston defends past comments that Medicare ‘is not sustainable’ after PM names her as health minister if re-elected

Minister says Coalition is ‘not cutting Medicare’ as Labor accuses her of wanting ‘to take the universal out of universal healthcare’

ABC News

Former Labor adviser Jill Bottrall dies after cancer battle, remembered by Mike Rann as 'comrade-in-arms'

Former SA premier Mike Rann leads tributes to formidable long-serving adviser Jill Bottrall, whose "untimely" death, at age 62, followed a cancer diagnosis.

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New Women's and Children's Hospital site could be shifted away from railyards, SA government says

As Women's and Children's Hospital staff are presented with a cardboard model of what their replacement building will look like, the new SA government says it could be forced to change the proposed site because of a $100 million budget blowout.

AAP

Cruise ships return after two-year ban

Cruise liners are making a return to Australia's ports after a two-year absence triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABC News

Federal election campaign: Week one on the road with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese, in pictures

They say a week is a long time in politics, and that a picture tells a thousand words. But fear not, this brief collection of pictures aims to help you catch up on week one of the 2022 Federal Election campaign.

ABC News

Palmerston home owners and buyers look to the election to help ease cost-of-living pressures

In the satellite city of Palmerston near Darwin, thousands of residents are paying off a mortgage. Voters there want to see the next government drive down the other costs of living.

The Guardian - AU

The Greens and the challenge of governing a Melbourne council

The party won control of Yarra city council in 2020 but still grapples with realities of being in charge

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