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Election day in the Hunter: new age democracy sausages and burnt political posters

WITH a how to vote card in one hand and a sausage in bread in the other, Paul Zimario had his first taste of democracy the Australian way on Saturday.

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Election analysis: 'Line-ball' Hunter electorate will prove pivotal to vote outcome

The Hunter is poised to play a significant role in deciding Australia's next government when counting starts at the close of polls on Saturday night.

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Saturday summary: the pre-poll surge, the drift from the majors and the scourge of ScoMo

A quick cup of tea and a democracy sausage

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Pipeline of funding for 'crucial' seat of Hunter

Barnaby Joyce described the Hunter as "crucial" to the election as he announced $15 million in water supply funding on his second consecutive day in the region.

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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."

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Nationals headed for close Hunter battle

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says his party stands behind the jobs of coalminers ahead of the federal election.

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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.

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Bonds 'not feeling' upset on the cards in Hunter

Labor's Dan Repacholi remains a $1.30 favourite with the bookies to beat the Nationals' James Thomson ($3.25) in Hunter as voter surveys predict the Opposition will enjoy a large enough swing to form government in its own right next Saturday.

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A picture of health policies: Labor recaps its commitments

Labor leaders want to make it 'easier and cheaper' to see a doctor.

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Labor refuses to list electorates getting new urgent care clinics despite announcing them on social media

The party is refusing to list the electorates benefiting from of one of its centrepiece health commitments, despite the party's frontbenchers and candidates spruiking new medical clinic locations on social media.

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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?

Newcastle Herald

Candidates clash on Labor emissions plan

Mr Thomson has challenged Mr Repacholi's assurance that "no Hunter mines" would be affected by the party's policy.

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Coal on election agenda with clash of views over McKell Institute 'casuals' report

Keith Pitt says coal casual labour claims are 'propaganda'

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Election Diary: Moon boots, poster wars and bookies' favourites

The latest from the federal election campaign trail in the Hunter.

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Labor faces preference challenges in Hunter, Paterson

One Nation and a high-profile independent have put Coalition candidates above Labor on their how-to-vote cards in two key Hunter seats.

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Hunter candidates back net zero target

The Nationals' James Thomson and Labor's Dan Repacholi have expressed support for their parties' 2050 targets.

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Election diary: Hunter seats bursting with voters

The close of the electoral rolls this week showed that Paterson is the second largest seat out of 151 in Australia.

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Minor parties top Hunter region ballot draws

Labor's Dan Repacholi has drawn above his Nationals rival on the ballot for the hotly contested seat of Hunter.

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From the vines to the mines, these are the issues that will decide the 2022 federal election in the Hunter

After the 2019 Federal poll, the electorate of Hunter, once considered a safe Labor seat, tumbled towards marginal territory, largely because of a word that still rules in the region and at the local ballot box - coal.

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How Albo used Hunter visit to not make things worse

On the election trail with the Newcastle Herald's political reporter.

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Paterson and Hunter the targets of major parties in election campaign

Leaders in Hunter on two-seat lookout

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'It's great to have a date': Hunter candidates raring to go

Hunter federal election candidates have expressed relief that time on has finally been called in the 2022 campaign.

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