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Voters in hotly contested Liberal-held seat rank climate and environment over economy, poll finds

Integrity also considered a key issue in poll of voters in Liberal-held seat of North Sydney, reflecting results of wider poll of marginal seats across country

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Anne Ruston defends past comments that Medicare ‘is not sustainable’ after PM names her as health minister if re-elected

Minister says Coalition is ‘not cutting Medicare’ as Labor accuses her of wanting ‘to take the universal out of universal healthcare’

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Anne Ruston to become health minister if Coalition re-elected, no details on her replacement until after election

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces South Australian senator Anne Ruston will take over as health and aged care minister if the Coalition is re-elected, but says he will not decide who will take her Women's Safety and Social Services roles until after the election.

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Ruston will ‘take the universal out of universal healthcare’, Labor says – as it happened

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Anthony Albanese says PM’s broken federal Icac promise ‘fails the laugh test’ as Chalmers defends Labor campaign

Shadow treasurer says Labor ‘match-fit’ for campaign and denies first week was a ‘shitshow’

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Anthony Albanese commits to anti-corruption watchdog by end of 2022, if Labor wins election

Scott Morrison under pressure over integrity commission failure and $500,000 payout to ex-ministerial staffer

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More than $3bn of social housing sold by NSW government since Coalition took power

Data also reveals the government has fallen well behind its own targets for new dwellings

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Another election year leads to another Victorian debate about the East West Link proposal

Analysis: Like clockwork, an announcement is made to revive the ‘zombie’ toll road project

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Pork this way: which electorates have been promised the most in the election campaign?

On a per-voter basis, Coalition-held seats of Bass in Tasmania and Canning in WA given biggest spending commitments so far

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Labor leader Anthony Albanese forced to clarify whether key health pledge formally costed

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has once again been forced to clarify comments he has made on the election campaign trail, hampering efforts to refocus the Labor campaign over the Easter long weekend.

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‘Massive policy failure’: retired judges blast Morrison’s broken promise on federal Icac

Former supreme court judge Anthony Whealy says Coalition’s explanation for not legislating a promised anti-corruption commission is ‘spurious’

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The Coalition is promising big things for a Darwin port ahead of the federal election, but the path ahead is unclear

The federal government is spruiking its $1.5 billion commitment for port facilities in Darwin on the campaign trail. But how the money will be spent, when Darwin already has a port that is owned by a Chinese company, is unclear.

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Home aged care staff at ‘breaking point’, as most miss out on Coalition’s $800 bonus

Australia’s home aged care providers facing ‘abysmal’ turnover rates as rising stress and poor pay take their toll

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Q+A panellists call for election to focus on policy, not point-scoring as both parties back Indigenous voice to parliament

Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen says the Liberals "lied" about a federal ICAC, as he and Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg trade insults over integrity and Anthony Albanese on Q+A.

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Lime Cordiale Want You To Vote For Climate Independents & Stop Fking Yr Ballot In New Campaign

Petition for all musos to reveal their secret political leanings.

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Technically our unemployment rate now begins with a '3'. How do we keep it there?

The official employment figures say the unemployment rate for March was 4.0%, exactly the same as a month earlier.

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Anthony Albanese commented on offshore detention while on the campaign trail. Here's why Peter Dutton pounced on his comments

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has been forced to clarify his position on offshore detention centres. It follows the Coalition seizing on comments he made on the campaign trail. Here's how it all went down in case you missed it.

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Few restrictions, no spending limit, and almost no oversight: welcome to political advertising in Australia

So the federal election is on. Billboards are suddenly plastered with party slogans, campaign ads are all around us, and our social media feeds are flaring up with political spin.

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The Guardian - AU

Coalition’s $220m pledge for native forestry ‘bad news’ for threatened species, conservationists say

Morrison says he ‘won’t support any shutdowns of native forestry’ as he announces new Tasmania hub in country’s most marginal electorate

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Scott Morrison effectively ditches promise to establish anti-corruption commission if re-elected

Scott Morrison has effectively ditched his commitment to establish a national anti-corruption watchdog even if re-elected, refusing to budge on any changes to his preferred model and trying to blame Labor for the delays.

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Scott Morrison again blames Labor for Coalition’s failure to deliver federal Icac

PM said government had not broken its election promise to create anti-corruption body, despite never introducing legislation

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Vote Compass shows Australians are worried about corruption in politics

We asked Australians how much of a problem corruption is in Australia today. Here's how they responded.

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We trawled through thousands of comments on the Prime Minister's Facebook page about flood victims. Here's what we didn't find

Did Australians use the PM's Facebook page to advocate for less government support for flood victims? We looked through thousands of comments — and found hardly any.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Morrison abandons anti-corruption pledge, 765 civilian bodies found in Kyiv, rethinking work culture

Thursday: Long delays expected at domestic airports before Easter. Plus: WHO chief blames racism for greater focus on Ukraine than Ethiopia

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State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia

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.

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