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Labor confirms Kitching Senate replacement

Jana Stewart, an Indigenous woman and former bureaucrat, will be confirmed as the Senate replacement for Kimberley Kitching after her sudden death last month.

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The polls look grim for the Coalition. Will Queensland buck the trend again?

Awaiting the official start of the 2022 campaign, published polls show Labor is comfortably ahead of the government. Pundits agree this year’s election is Albanese’s to lose, but predictions range along a spectrum from a Labor landslide to a narrow win, to a finely balanced hung parliament.

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Serving up choice and dignity in aged care – how meals are enjoyed is about more than what's on the plate

Meals are rituals built around pleasures and choices. While what is served at mealtimes in aged care homes has received recent attention and Labor has pledged to improve the food offered, new research highlights that how meals are offered is just as important.

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How political parties are using microtargeting to sway voter choices ahead of the federal election

Political campaigners are able to serve digital ads to voters with increasing precision, based off their online footprints. Despite how common this practice is, an exemption for parties within Australia's privacy laws means it's not always clear how they've captured your data.

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Labor zeroes in on Morrison's character

As the prime minister weighs up calling an election, ructions within the NSW division of the Liberal Party threaten to damage the government.

AAP

Coalition accused of sitting on environment report to avoid delivering ‘more bad news’

Calls for report to be released before election so voters know ‘official state’ of environment under Morrison government

The Guardian - AU

Labor flags further cost of living support if elected and attacks ‘wasteful spending’ in Coalition budget

Shadow treasurer says a Labor government would ‘reorient’ budget as RBA warns of mounting fuel and commodity prices

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The Liberal party crisis is not a dysfunctional family soap opera – democracy is at stake

The courts won’t wade into the murky pool of internal party politics and it seems ordinary Australians don’t want to either

The Guardian - AU

With Scott Morrison on the nose in parts of the country, Liberal MPs may want ‘permission to distance’

Voters have cooled on the prime minister, particularly in the cities, so some government members want the focus on them – not the man in the Lodge

The Guardian - AU

The Australian Federal Election Is Coming In Hot So Here’s Everything You Need To Know

Everything you need to know about the Australian federal election, all in one place for your convenience.

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Labor unveils $20m plan to use Australia Post trucks to find rural mobile coverage blackspots

Data from trucks to inform locations selected for upgraded regional telecommunications across roads, homesteads and national parks

The Guardian - AU

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.

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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”.

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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.

Newcastle Herald

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."

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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.

AAP

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.

ABC News

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.

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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.

ABC News

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.

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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.

ABC News

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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