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Voters don’t appear overjoyed by either leader, so the major parties are going negative

Labor has a six-point plan to overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme, including a crackdown on rorting providers.

Good morning, early birds. An anonymous senior Liberal source has said Prime Minister Scott Morrison knew Liberal candidate for Warringah Katherine Deves was “transphobic” when she was hand-picked for the electorate, and Labor will promise an overhaul of the NDIS. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

This is the second in a two-part series on the major parties’ Treasury spokespeople. You can read Michelle Grattan’s profile of Josh Frydenberg here.

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.

Over the next six weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese will dash around the country, trying to secure as many precious votes as they can.

Since 2019, the Coalition has been running a campaign to convince you Labor will introduce a "death tax" if elected. But is there any evidence?

The PM kept it to the tightest of briefs as he launched Australia’s federal election campaign, even omitting Anthony Albanese’s name

If the problem with Anthony Albanese is that he’s an unknown quantity, then the problem with Scott Morrison is that we know him all too well