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The ASX200 fell 0.2 per cent, with the financial sector doing especially poorly after disappointing earnings from Westpac and Bendigo and Adelaide.

A national Newspoll, conducted February 10–14 from a sample of 1,244, gave the Coalition a 51–49 lead, unchanged from the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 38% Coalition (down one), 31% Labor (steady), 12% Greens (steady), 7% One Nation (steady) and 12% for all Others (up one).

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A warning has been issued over election polling as tightly clustered results in a close race may not reflect Australians' votes.

There are 26,000 more APS employees than in 2022 but the bill for contractors has fallen from its Covid pandemic peak

Opposition leader says he will talk to three MPs as YouGov poll predicts Coalition winning 73 seats to Labor’s 66 at upcoming federal election

With the unembarrassed audacity parties show as an election nears, the government has stolen the opposition’s policy to ban foreign investors buying established homes.

Modelling shows Labor is set to be the first federal government in almost a century to lose an election after one term, with more than a dozen seats at risk.

Opposition leader says more competition needed as growing numbers unable to afford home and car insurance

Established homes will be off-limits and foreign owners will be forced to develop vacant land under new measures announced to improve housing supply.

Labor has a mountain to climb to prevent Peter Dutton from forming government at the next election, with polling predicting a coalition wave in outer suburbs.