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Running for parliament is still a man’s world, with fewer female candidates – especially in winnable seats

Despite progress towards gender equality in Australian elections, women remain underrepresented among candidates vying for office on May 3. They are also overrepresented in “glass cliff” seats, which are the ones that are difficult to win and precarious to hold.

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Gold rush Melbourne and post-war boom: how Australia overcame housing shortages in the past

As part of their federal election campaign, the Coalition announced plans to limit the number of international students able to commence study each year to 240,000, “focused on driving […] housing availability and affordability”.

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Palau president delivers barb at Peter Dutton over ‘water lapping your door’ hot mic joke

Surangel Whipps Jr also strongly backs Australia’s bid to host a UN climate conference

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Chinese-Australian voters were key to Labor’s win in 2022. Are some now swinging back to the Liberals?

Chinese-Australian voters were pivotal to Labor’s win in the 2022 election, with the swing against the Liberals in several key marginal seats almost twice that of other seats.

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4 Key Takeaways From The First Dutton Vs Albo Debate, From Clapbacks To That Awkward Tweet

The only gas policy that the Coalition has is the gaslighting of the Australian public,” said the PM in one of the more entertaining moments of the evening.

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Morning Mail: Trump slaps China with 104% tariffs, first leaders debate washup, and what happened to the Bogong moths?

White House refuses to back down on incoming tariffs; Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton go head-to-head in their first leaders debate

The Guardian - AU

Not enough water available for Coalition’s nuclear proposal to run safely, report finds

Analyst says nuclear is the ‘thirstiest’ energy source, as report commissioned by Liberal supporters throws doubt on plan’s feasibility

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Stressed, scared, overwhelmed: the election issues weighing on young Australian voters

Readers say they are stressed about money, housing and healthcare – and feel a sense of dread about climate, social cohesion and rise of the far right

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Coalition releases long-awaited modelling estimating energy plan could drive down household gas bills by 7%

Peter Dutton says policy would be ‘gamechanger’ despite experts questioning whether it would work

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Election Diary: The election’s first debate was disaster-free but passion-free too

The election’s first debate, on Sky News on Tuesday night, was disappointingly dull. Viewers who’d been following the campaign would have learned little. There was minimal spontaneity.

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Albanese accuses Coalition of ‘gaslighting’ public over energy as Dutton touts economic credentials in first leaders’ debate

Prime minister asks ‘how can you believe what they’ll do after the election’ as opposition leader accuses Labor of having the wrong priorities

The Guardian - AU

No major gaffes and no knockout punch: the first leaders’ debate was a pedestrian affair

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have faced off in the first leaders’ debate of the 2025 federal election. The debate, hosted by Sky News and The Daily Telegraph, was held at the Wenty Leagues Club in Sydney’s western suburbs, where an audience of 100 undecided voters…

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Medicare and immigration dominate debate – as it happened

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The financial benefits to working from home

Beyond political squabbles, what does the latest research show?

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Afternoon Update Election 2025: leaders gear up for first debate; one seat to watch; and Dutton pumps gas again

On day 11 Peter Dutton shows his passion for fuel excise cuts and Anthony Albanese for mental health funding

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Politics aside, new research shows there are good financial reasons to back working from home

In the pre-industrial era, people often lived and worked in the same building. This removed the need to travel to work.

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Albanese recalls family friend’s ‘confronting’ mental health struggle as he launches $1bn funding pledge

PM promises better access to treatment and counselling, saying many Australians have ‘issues that we need to talk about more’

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How deep are the Greens’ roots in Brisbane? Three seats will tell the tale in 2025

Capturing the seats of Brisbane, Ryan and Griffith was a stunning success for the Greens. But Labor and the LNP believe voters have not warmed to the minor party since 2022

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Morning Mail: Trump threatens more China tariffs, Dutton’s ‘isolationist’ student plan, Fowler fires up Matildas

China may face a further 50% tariff after the US president hit out at the country’s retaliatory 34% tariffs on Truth Social. Peter Dutton has been criticised over plans to cut international students

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The trouble with Labor in Victoria - and what reckoning there might be at the federal election

We have seen a version of this movie before. In 1990, the Victorian Labor government of John Cain Jr was dying on its feet. Cain’s premiership had been history-making. He was the state’s first Labor leader to win consecutive elections; indeed, the only previous time the party had enjoyed a…

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Donald Trump has gatecrashed the federal election. It’s creating huge challenges for Australia’s next government

Much of the world is finding out it’s a very difficult time to be a friend and ally of the United States.

The Guardian - AU

Dutton playing ‘Donald Trump anti-migration card’ in plan to slash international students, higher education peak body says

The Coalition would retain Labor’s cap on the private sector but cut an extra 30,000 places at universities

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton would ‘dictate’ what students are taught, education minister warns private school sector

Exclusive: Opposition leader has ‘opened the doors’ to abolishing the department of education and cutting funding to schools, Jason Clare claims

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Afternoon Update Election 2025: Dutton’s policy U-turn; ASX ‘bloodbath’; and one man’s way into the White House group chat

Peter Dutton admitted he ‘made a mistake’ as he backtracked on policies to restrict working from home and sack 41,000 public servants

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Dutton Has Already Ditched His Wildly Unpopular Policy To End WFH For Public Servants

Peter Dutton now admits the Coalition "made a mistake" with its anti-WFH policy, and agreed he needs to seek "forgiveness" from female voters.

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