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Australian election briefing: Scott Morrison bulldozes a kid while Anthony Albanese takes the stage

Wednesday: the best of Guardian Australia’s 2022 federal election coverage

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison Absolutely Bodied This Small Child Almost As Badly As He Did The Country

Scott Morrison has become the 1st Prime Minister to ever tackle a small child during a game of soccer. Someone call this kid's mum, ASAP.

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Australian prime minister Scott Morrison flattens boy during football match

This is the moment Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison knocks over a boy during a friendly football game in Tasmania.

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Leaders grapple with China diplomacy

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have spoken about their approach to dealing with a more assertive China and building partnerships in the Indo-Pacific.

AAP

Budget repair starts with grants: Albanese

In an address to the National Press Club, Anthony Albanese has promised to return $750 million to the budget to pay back rising debt.

AAP

Australia: Labor’s lead narrows in three new national polls

Polling analyst for Australia's The Conversation site, Adrian Beaumont, analyses three big polls showing some encouragement for Scott Morrison's incumbent Liberal-National coalition

Newsroom.co.nz

‘Second miracle’ or historic win from opposition? No one knows how this election journey will end

The only certainty is when we look in the rearview mirror on Sunday morning, the Australian election result will all be crystal clear

The Guardian - AU

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PM dismisses need for more measures to limit Covid deaths, suggesting Australians are dying with, not of, the virus

Scott Morrison says Australia is now ‘living with Covid’ as nation records one of the highest transmission rates in the world

The Guardian - AU

Australian leader won't say who might attend Tokyo summit

Australia’s leader won't say who might represent the nation at a summit with U.S., Indian and Japanese leaders just three days after elections on Saturday

The Independent UK

Morrison says his ‘bulldozer’ approach has served Australia well

Scott Morrison says being a “bulldozer” has served Australia well during the pandemic – despite the country's surging pandemic death rate.

The New Daily

Future crises handled in same way: PM

Scott Morrison says Australians know he has the strength to make tough calls during a crisis, and that he will continue to do so during future events.

AAP

Labor's lead narrows in three new national polls; and seat polls galore

The final Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted May 12-17 from a sample of 2,049, gave Labor just a 52-48 lead by 2019 election preferences, a two-point gain for the Coalition since last fortnight’s Resolve. By respondent preferences, Labor’s lead was narrower at 51-49, a three-point gain for the Coalition.

The Conversation

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

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The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese announces plan to cut spending on two grant programs to deliver budget windfall — as it happened

Anthony Albanese uses his National Press Club address to announce a Labor government would strip hundreds of millions of dollars from two government grant programs and put the money to better use, in an effort to improve the budget bottom line.

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Labor lead narrows, Ukraine surrenders Azovstal, Liane Moriarty’s writing trick

Wednesday: Guardian Essential poll has the Coalition closing the gap with Labor. Plus: outrage at Canva’s Russian operations

ABC News

Regional Queensland loses federal election spotlight as major parties focus elsewhere

Experts say there has been a "noticeable drop in emphasis" on regional Queensland during the 2022 campaign as major parties focus on other electorates.

ABC News

The Loop: ABS to release latest wages data, man charged over California church shooting, Australian Swimming Championships begin today

Get in The Loop with a quick look at today's headlines.

ABC News

Will a 5 per cent pay rise for workers lift the cost of your coffee and petrol by the same amount?

Boosting workers' wages by 5 per cent – for all workers, not just those on the minimum wage — would lead to an increase in prices across the economy of about 2 per cent, according to a new report.

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The Conversation

Hey, guess what, guys? Women vote too – and they may decide the outcome of this election

Because “women’s issues” have been in the headlines over the last year, it may seem strange they have not been more prominent in the election campaign.

The Guardian - AU

More than 30 retired judges call for ‘urgently needed’ federal Icac

Eminent jurists say ahead of election that watchdog crucial to halt ‘serious erosion’ of democratic principles and restore trust in politics

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: Housing crisis? Look over there – a puppy!

Neither of the parties that will form government next week wants to confront the nation’s immediate need or offer large-scale investment in public housing.

ABC News

Coalition remains non-committal on paid domestic violence leave after Fair Work Commission backs the entitlement for millions

The Coalition is remaining non-committal about legislating 10 days' paid family and domestic violence leave for all workers, after the industrial umpire backed a union push to grant the entitlement to millions of Australians.

AAP

Inflation outside government's control: PM

Wages are expected to dominate the campaign as new polls show the election race is tightening and the prime minister claims he cannot control inflation.

AAP

Rates, inflation to take edge off growth

New data suggests the sharp rise in inflation and an expected rapid rise in interest rates will take the edge off Australia's economic expansion.

The Guardian - AU

Essential poll: Labor remains in lead but race tightens after Liberal party election campaign launch

Gap narrows after Scott Morrison’s last-minute reboot but majority of voters are tipping Anthony Albanese will be the winner of the 2022 Australian federal election, polling suggests

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