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Shares of US retail giant Target plunged 25 per cent this week, its largest drop since the 1987 market crash as investors panicked about surging inflation.

Thursday: The best of Guardian Australia’s 2022 federal election coverage

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.

The Northern Territory and ACT remain banned from voting on legalising voluntary assisted dying and, as of Thursday, are the last jurisdictions without it. It's now erupted into an election issue.

A think tank says a project to make hydrogen from coal is unlikely to meet its carbon reduction claims. But the criticism has been dismissed by project bosses who say the researchers have their numbers wrong.

When is election day, who can you vote for and how to vote if you have Covid on polling day

The more independents and minor parties that end up in contention for lower house seats, the less useful traditional polling will be at predicting winners, writes Casey Briggs.

The past term of government has been tough for arts and culture in Australia. Culture was among the worst affected by the pandemic of any aspect of society: the first to lock down; the last to have health restrictions lifted.

National security has been a feature of this election campaign, but there’s been little substantive difference on key issues of foreign policy. Last week’s foreign policy debate between Foreign Minister Senator Marise Payne and Shadow Minister Penny Wong barely touched on differences in policy.

One of the recommendations from the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart calls for the establishment of a First Nations Voice to parliament, enshrined in the Constitution. This would ensure First Nations people are formally consulted on government decisions and legislation affecting their communities.

The labour force figures are the final piece of economic data before the federal election and will be welcomed by the Coalition