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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce stands by Richmond candidate Kimberly Hone over domestic violence comments

Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce stands by a candidate who said "one way to avoid domestic violence is to marry well" in a now-deleted social media post.

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Dominic Perrottet questioned about suspended MP Gareth Ward's pay and entitlements

Dominic Perrottet says the state government is not intending to bring forward laws to remove the pay of Kiama MP Gareth Ward, who was suspended from parliament after he was charged last month.

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Car hits Labor MP Butler's Brisbane office

Police are trying to work out if a car was deliberately rammed into federal Labor MP Terri Butler's office in Brisbane, destroying the building's facade.

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Albanese has dropped Labor's pledge to boost Jobseeker. With unemployment low, is that actually fair enough?

One of the first things Labor’s Bob Hawke did on being swept to office in March 1983 was to lift the unemployment benefit in April, seven weeks later, without even waiting for his first budget.

The Conversation

Elevator rock and a sloshing sea of yellow: Clive Palmer’s Trumpian election campaign ad

Each week we ask experts to break down a political advertisement: who are the candidates trying to reach, and are they succeeding?

The Guardian - AU

Having to grapple with the NDIS is no blessing – it’s a matter of government policy

Morrison says he’s sorry for comments about autistic children – maybe he is just relieved he doesn’t have to rely on a system that’s failing those who need it most

The Guardian - AU

A close look at election campaign promises shows major parties still back fossil fuels

The Morrison government has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars for new gas projects, while Labor moves in lockstep with them on coal

The Guardian - AU

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Car crashes into Brisbane electorate office of federal Labor MP Terri Butler

Terri Butler says no-one was hurt in the incident but the whereabouts of the driver is unknown.

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Jacinda Ardern questions motive for China-Solomons security pact

New Zealand PM flags Beijing’s ‘growing assertiveness’ in region, while ‘Pacific stuff-up’ haunts Australia’s governing Coalition going into election

The Guardian - AU

Nats candidate praises government distrust

The Nationals' candidate for Richmond has been seen on video encouraging churchgoers not to trust governments, vaccinations or medical science.

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'Critical minerals' sector in WA's Goldfields becomes political battleground in federal election campaign

Labor brands Prime Minister Scott Morrison "ignorant" of the importance of critical minerals to the national economy, as construction of a $500 million rare earths refinery officially begins in WA.

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Relief for some but Qld's drought goes on

Drought declarations have been removed from almost a dozen Queensland local government areas, but there are ongoing concerns for more than half of the state.

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Labor slams coalition over aged care 'lie'

Labor has accused the Morrison government of lying about its aged care policy, and has demanded it "front up" about its position.

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Peter Dutton warns China will expand its presence in Pacific after Solomon Islands pact

Defence Minister Peter Dutton is warning China will not waste any time expanding its presence in the South Pacific, after signing its controversial security pact with Solomon Islands.

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Scott Morrison apologises for offence caused by saying he was ‘blessed’ to have children without disability

PM says sorry for remark during leaders’ debate after claiming that opponents ‘twisted’ his words

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Greens optimistic over Brisbane Labor seat

Labor has dismissed a Greens party poll which shows federal MP Terri Butler could be ousted from her inner Brisbane seat of Griffith.

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Federal election: Labor wants federal ICAC as Morrison says controversial candidate has 'common sense' views on transgender sport debate

Labor leader Anthony Albanese says his party will push for its own model of a national anti-corruption commission, as Scott Morrison defends controversial Warringah candidate Katherine Deves.

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Scott Morrison apologises for offence from comment about being 'blessed' not to have children with disability

Scott Morrison says he is "deeply sorry" that a comment he made during last night's leaders' debate that he was "blessed" not to have a child with disability caused offence, saying he did not intend it that way.

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The Loop: Ukraine's desperate negotiations on Mariupol, wash up from leader's debate and a baby supernova

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Morning mail: leaders clash over China security deal, coal export boom to bust, UK thirsty for vampires

Thursday: Labor leader Anthony Albanese wins the first leaders’ debate. Plus: Russia tests new missile from its nuclear arsenal

The Conversation

Deals, golf with Trump, and little introspection: Joe Hockey goes to Washington and writes his memoirs

Perhaps unfairly, the image most of us have of Joe Hockey comes from his time as federal Treasurer, when he was photographed smoking a cigar with then Finance Minister Mathias Cormann in the aftermath of the 2014 budget.

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'This worked much better than I thought.' Why you need to watch out for strategic lies in the federal election

During the federal election, politicians of all persuasions will use a range of campaigning and spin tactics. But there is a difference between “gilding the lily” and lying with strategic intent, a trend that is growing in western democracies.

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How an innocent Facebook post morphed into a rumour that helped fuel Labor's Cashless Debit Card scare campaign

When Corrinne Boon posted to Facebook in May last year, she had no idea her words would be twisted and used in a scare campaign by Labor in a bid to win the votes of anxious age pensioners.

The Guardian - AU

Rightwing media no longer wield power as they once did. So why is Labor letting them set the election agenda?

‘Paper tigers’ may as well be real if progressives cower under our beds in fear of them. If we want to win, we have to fight

The Guardian - AU

Aged care sector questions Coalition claim home care workforce has grown by almost 15%

Providers say they continue to face severe staffing challenges and ‘are not aware of any data that reflects this level of growth’

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