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Does China's security pact with Solomon Islands really matter to Australia's Pacific Islands voters?

China's security pact with Solomon Islands has been a hot election topic, but Pacific Islanders in Australia say there are more-pressing issues they care about when it comes time to vote.

ABC News

Voters don't want more of same: Albanese

As Labor is poised to make announcements on housing and medicines at its campaign launch, Anthony Albanese says it's time to build a better future.

AAP

Labor to help low and middle income earners buy home with shared ownership scheme

Anthony Albanese will unveil $329m Help to Buy housing initiative as the centrepiece of Labor’s campaign launch in Perth

The Guardian - AU

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The Wentworth Project: Allegra Spender's profile rises, but polarises

At the campaign’s halfway point in the highly contested seat of Wentworth, ‘teal’ candidate Allegra Spender has shifted - but polarised - soft voters’ views about her.

The Conversation

Seselja 'fighting for every inch' as loyalists gather for campaign launch

Chants of "Zed, Zed, Zed" echoed throughout the room as Senator Zed Seselja stepped up to the podium.

The Canberra Times

Albanese and Morrison to face off in second leaders’ debate of federal election, Nine says

News of debate which will employ a panel of three journalists comes as Labor pledges robodebt royal commission and Coalition promises cheaper medicines

The Guardian - AU

Here’s How Preferences Will Work At The Next Federal Election So Ur Vote Can Have Maximum Oomf

Why ranking your preferred candidates from thottie to nottie is so important.

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Idea for private ads on city assets in exchange for upgrades

But the idea drew the ire of the Greens.

Newcastle Herald

Labor promises to make electric buses in Perth, if it wins the federal election

Anthony Albanese has promised to build 130 electric buses in Perth, creating more than 100 local jobs, if Labor wins the federal election.

ABC News

Wild ride for voters and candidates in seat of Paterson

Named in honour of the poet who created "The Man from Snowy River", along with an early colonial explorer, Paterson stretches through the Hunter, from the retirement heaven around Port Stephens to a parcel of the traditional mining - and Labor - heartland of the Coalfields, so there is much…

Newcastle Herald

Labor promises royal commission into bungled Robodebt scheme if elected. Scott Morrison says issue has been addressed

The Labor party is promising to set up a royal commission into the failed Robodebt scheme before the end of the year if it wins the federal election.

ABC News

The Northern Territory candidates vying for your vote in the federal election

Whether you're in downtown Darwin or the furthest flung corner of the Northern Territory, there's a politician that wants your vote in the federal election on Saturday 21 May.

ABC News

Preference negotiations in earnest as big players and small tussle for places on May 21 tickets

Power lies in voting preferences as Labor's traditional Hunter margins narrow

Newcastle Herald

Jack Dempsey runs as independent as Hinkler voters rate federal election issues

A "safe" federal LNP seat has become an unexpected battleground where a former state government minister hopes to steal victory from his old party. Here are the issues voters say will matter most.

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Childcare costs leave Australians wanting more federal government support

More than half of Australians think the federal government should pay a greater share of childcare costs, according to new data from Vote Compass.

The Guardian - AU

Needling Albanese over his Covid workload is a sign that Morrison is starting to worry

The PM desperately needs to turn the spotlight back onto Albanese, so he is using playground tactics to goad his opponent into error

The Guardian - AU

‘The director of his own show’: the PM mingles with middle Australia

Scott Morrison believes he has the ingredients for victory, but will it come together or remain a fantasy left on the campaign trail?

ABC News

Federal election: Do preference deals matter? Who's making them? And how are they allocated?

Every federal election, there's a big kerfuffle about preference deals among parties. Why do the parties care so much? Do they even matter? And what should you know before you vote?

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'You may not like me, but you know me': PM

Scott Morrison tells party faithful they at least know his government's plan for Australia's future even if they don't like him or all that he's done.

The Canberra Times

'Crisis response' call to save local news

RIGHT TO KNOW: Fears that local news deserts across Australia will grow as print costs rise on July 1

The Guardian - AU

Australian election briefing: Albanese out of iso and Morrison’s war of words with Solomons PM — plus lettuce prices tip of the iceberg

Friday: the best of Guardian Australia’s 2022 federal election coverage

Newcastle Herald

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

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

The Conversation

Below the Line: Will different cultural groups favour one side of politics this federal election? – podcast

Is there any such thing as the so-called “ethnic vote” in a country as multicultural as Australia? Do different cultural groups favour one side of politics over another? For instance, in Victoria’s most marginal seat of Chisholm, will the Hong Kong-born Liberal MP Gladys Liu be advantaged by the Chinese…

ABC News

AEC warns Pauline Hanson’s One Nation over false voter fraud claims in cartoon attacking Labor

An animated cartoon posted by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is removed from multiple social media platforms after it was flagged for spreading false claims about election fraud in Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Election preference deals and strategies that could benefit Pauline Hanson and One Nation

Analysis: Preference deals can have political benefits, but they can also cause some broader problems for parties

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