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Election Diary: Albanese promises 30% discount on household batteries in latest energy bill help

In the government’s latest initiative on energy prices, Anthony Albanese on Sunday will promise that if re-elected, Labor will reduce the cost of installing a typical home battery by 30% from July 1.

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Labor targets cost of living and climate with $2.3bn household battery pledge

Energy package could save households with a solar and battery system up to $2,300 a year, according to departmental analysis

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Port of Darwin operator says Albanese and Dutton are treating it like ‘a political football’ in election

Labor and Coalition would both end Chinese company Landbridge’s long-term lease of strategically important asset

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Coalition rethinks its return to work mandates

Policy feared to be unpopular in seats with high numbers of working professional women now only applies to Canberra-based bureaucrats

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Pledge to public servants as jobs cut fight flares

Thousands of public servants are being promised no major change to employment agreements if the coalition is elected as Labor pledges to keep everything as is.

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Is Anthony Albanese worried Jacinta Allan’s poor standing will hurt his election chances in Victoria?

The PM has so far avoided the Victorian premier on his campaign trail. It has some state Labor MPs worrying she could be made a scapegoat

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Cameraman injured after football kick; PM visits flood-hit Queensland – as it happened

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Why Trump is the elephant in the election campaign room

Donald Trump is casting a shadow on multiple fronts in the federal election, from the impact of tariffs to party leaders keen to distance themselves from him.

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Jewish leaders unhappy at decision to block Greens candidate from Melbourne community forum

Exclusive: Two established groups push Labor to preference minor party last in ultra-marginal seat of Macnamara

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Port's 99-year lease to Chinese company to end early

The long-term lease of an Australian port to a Chinese company, which sparked national security concerns, could soon be cut short.

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What’s it like to be showered with Trump dust? Election special podcast

Chief political correspondent Michelle Grattan talks with political editor Amanda Dunn about Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, their potential impact on the election campaign, Labor’s bid to give workers a real wage increase, and why Peter Dutton won’t live in Canberra if he becomes prime minister.

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WA conservative alliance confirmed after poll drubbing

WA's Liberal and National parties have confirmed they will work in alliance in the new state parliament after Labor won 46 seats to the conservatives 13.

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Afternoon Update Election 2025: Dutton dismisses Rinehart rumour; Bandt’s huge toothbrush; and dreams of the pub

Opposition leader shrugs off suggestions close relationship with mining magnate has cooled over gas and net zero policy

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Backlash over silence on aid worker mass grave in Gaza

An independent candidate challenging a minister is pointing to Labor's silence on a mass grave found in Gaza as a double standard that ignores injustices.

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Brush with democracy: push to add dental into Medicare

The Greens want to use minority government negotiations at the upcoming federal election to achieve a long-held ambition of adding dental to Medicare.

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How might the House of Representatives shape up after the 2025 federal election?

The 2025 federal election promises to be one of the most enthralling contests in Australia in the 21st century. The numbers in parliament are finely poised and there are big questions about how Independents and minor parties will perform.

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Single homophobic tweet to cost Latham more than $500k

Former Labor leader Mark Latham will be forced to pay a massive bill after he was found to have defamed a rival MP in an explicit homophobic tweet.

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Business hungry for more despite Labor tax sweetener

As the major parties vie for the affections of small businesses in the federal election, Labor has promised to extend asset write-off support for another year.

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With friends like Trump, who needs Aukus? ALP members are demanding an answer

The drums of Labor dissent are beating. Compounded by new US tariffs, they’ll get louder if Albanese is returned on 3 May

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Dutton fuels angst over cost of living in mortgage belt

Peter Dutton has used a keynote address to rally voters in the outer suburbs, promising instant cost-of-living relief across a mortgage belt doing it tough.

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'Dream big': PM's appeal to lift up key voters' kids

Anthony Albanese has been greeted by screams, high-fives and even a hug as he was mobbed by schoolchildren in a major battleground electorate.

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Labor leads in three recent national polls, four weeks from the election

The federal election will be held in four weeks. A national YouGov poll, conducted March 28 to April 3 from a sample of 1,622, gave Labor a 51–49 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous non-MRP YouGov poll taken March 14–19.

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'No one knows': experts question nuclear price tags

Labor and the coalition have traded claims about the cost of nuclear in Australia, but experts say putting a figure on the proposal is highly problematic.

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Latham ordered to pay independent MP’s legal costs after losing defamation case – as it happened

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This election, what are Labor and the Coalition offering on the energy transition, climate adaptation and emissions?

Australia’s 2022 federal election was seen as the climate election. But this time round, climate policy has so far taken a back seat as the major parties focus on cost-of-living issues.

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