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The Latest Breaking News from Barnaby Joyce

It's going to be 'very tight' but Joyce says Nats will get Hunter 'humming again'

"This is a town that's going to get smacked if the Labor-Greens get in."

Newcastle Herald

Watch the margins: competitive market forces have come to Australia’s rural electorates

Community-based independents, regional migration and the magic of electoral marginality have the capacity to make sitting MPs work harder for every vote

The Guardian - AU

Deputy PM in Hunter for $5.5 million pledge, refuses to talk 'transition'

The Deputy Prime Minister was in Muswellbrook on Thursday to announce $5.5 million in funding for amenities at Olympic Park if the Coalition is re-elected.

Newcastle Herald

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Labor to consider new national Covid strategy to reduce deaths

Anthony Albanese says pandemic still ‘major issue’, but Scott Morrison says Australians want to ‘put that in the rear-vision mirror’

The Guardian - AU

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

Barnaby Joyce’s drought envoy texts not ‘documents of a minister’, prime minister’s office claims

PMO again refuses freedom of information request to release any messages Joyce says were reports on his work

The Guardian - AU

Government infighting over climate change made giving honest policy advice harder, tribunal told

Internal conflict within the Morrison government on climate change policy made it harder for public servants to give frank advice about how to prepare for worsening climate extremes, according to the sworn testimony of a senior bureaucrat.

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‘We were kind of terrified’: rural Telstra customers lose service for a week

An eight-day outage in the NSW town of Uralla exposed major vulnerabilities as a grassfire, medical emergency and business disruptions hit

The Guardian - AU

‘His beating heart is a focus group’ - What makes Morrison tick

Veteran Australian political writer Michelle Grattan weighs the factors ranged against PM Scott Morrison winning again in the election this Saturday

Newsroom.co.nz

Tension builds over three-cornered contest in Nicholls electorate, despite vast Nationals margin

Nicholls is held by the Nationals with a spacious 20 per cent margin. But the combination of a retiring MP and a prominent independent candidate could mean the end of the Coalition's stronghold on the seat.

ABC News

'His beating heart is a focus group': what makes Scott Morrison tick?

Today we are running two longer articles looking at the men who are vying to be the next Australian prime minister. You can read Paul Strangio’s profile of Anthony Albanese here.

The Conversation

Bumpy ride: rail trail projects making ‘itty-bitty’ progress in rural NSW

Cycling and heritage trails could boost tourism and local jobs, but they face planning and funding roadblocks

The Guardian - AU

Analysis-Hero to hindrance: Australia PM Morrison hurts party's election hopes

Three years ago, Scott Morrison's ebullient personality as the little known and newly installed leader of Australia's Liberal Party was a big factor in its unexpected election victory.

Reuters

The PM previously said Albanese had no power to do anything about wages – now he’s arguing the Labor leader wants to do too much

Scott Morrison is advocating for a real wage cut to make a political point. Perhaps that’s why Seven’s undecided voters gave the final debate to the Labor leader

The Guardian - AU

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Barnaby Joyce says One Nation has changed. Is he right?

Pauline Hanson’s party has largely switched its focus from Asian immigration to anti-Muslim rhetoric. Otherwise the evidence of change is slim

Newcastle Herald

Coalition and Labor pledge to support regional media with newsprint costs

Bipartisan paper price help welcomed

The Guardian - AU

Barnaby Joyce directs New England preferences to One Nation candidate living in Brisbane

Richard Thomas lives in inner-city suburb of West End in Queensland and did not attend candidates’ forum in Tamworth

The Guardian - AU

One Nation has changed, says Barnaby Joyce, as he preferences them second on how-to-vote card

Nationals leader says Pauline Hanson’s party of ‘10, 15 years ago’ is not the party of today and is ‘less likely to cause damage to my nation’ than others

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The Guardian - AU

Bridget McKenzie won’t say whether Nationals would block stronger climate targets in minority negotiations

Teal independents are pushing for more ambitious medium-term emissions reductions, but the Nationals are already ambivalent on existing pledges

The Guardian - AU

Albanese says Labor will match Coalition’s IVF pledge ahead of second leaders’ debate – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Damning report on NSW regional health a test of Nationals’ power of persuasion

John Barilaro and Barnaby Joyce were never shy in pleading the case for the regions. Can the party respond just as forcefully now?

Newcastle Herald

Election Diary: Hunter gets parties talking, but PM, Albo are MIA

A TV debate in a key marginal seat shows how differently the Coalition is approaching this election campaign compared with 2019's silent movie. But where are ScoMo and Albo?

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison denies Solomon Islands ‘red lines’ rhetoric puts Australia more at risk

Making a defence funding announcement in WA, prime minister continues to face questions about his handling of national security issues

AAP

PM refuses to comment on leadership future

Scott Morrison has declined suggestions the coalition has lost its way, following remarks by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Newcastle Herald

Joyce, PM 'discuss' subsidies for struggling papers

Barnaby: "We must have a vibrant fourth estate, otherwise I can get away with anything."

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