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Both Labor and the Liberals are using secretive databases to help sway your vote

Both major Australian political parties have amassed data on every eligible voter, which they are using to build detailed profiles on constituents to influence their votes in tight electoral races.

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Federal election voters in the safe seat of Barker feeling 'overlooked' by major parties

Days out from the federal election, residents of one of Australia's safest seats say they are being forgotten by the major parties due to a lack of contest among regional candidates.

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Voting for the first time this federal election? Here's what you need to know

Politics can be confusing but there's never a better time to get your head around it than election time. We've got everything you need to better understand how #AusPol works.

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Jacqui Munro: Time to home in on Indigenous Voice to Parliament

In 1942 Robert Menzies spoke about three homes all Australians should be afforded the ability to inhabit: Homes material, homes human and homes spiritual.

The New Daily

‘Hello it’s John Howard calling’: former PM says Liberal party asked him to ‘campaign extensively’

The current prime minister is unpopular in city marginal seats, so the Coalition is banking on robocalls and letterbox drops from Howard to sway voters

The Guardian - AU

Hospital gift 'to gain govt influence'

A Melbourne Chinese community leader has faced court accused of using a hospital donation to gain government influence on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.

AAP

Independent Liz Habermann looking to upset Liberals in South Australian seat of Grey

In an electorate that covers more than 90 per cent of South Australia, the typically safe Liberal seat of Grey is set to be hotly contested this federal election with the rise of a local independent candidate.

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After fires and floods, climate-conscious independents could determine Australian election

After some of the worst fires and floods ever to hit Australia, a new cohort of climate-conscious independents are threatening to shake up the federal election on Saturday, putting the government under pressure in key districts and potentially reshaping the country's political landscape.

Reuters

State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign

In the first week of the campaign, we journeyed around the country with six politics experts to examine the key seats and issues affecting different parts of the Australia.

The Conversation

The Strategists: Morrison rolls dice on super-for-housing in final attempt to close Labor’s lead

To help us bridge the gap between the polls and reality, TND's strategists are back to sharpen our focus on the issues that could sway the result on May 21.

The New Daily

How important is your state's vote this election? Antony Green takes a look

This election will be decided in marginal seats, but as we saw in 2019, the variation in state swings can make a huge impact. So what's the situation in your state? Antony Green takes a look.

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Victorian Liberal party seeks to expel Bernie Finn over anti-abortion comments

State MP will face motion to expel him from parliamentary Liberal party after he said he was ‘praying’ for an abortion ban in Australia

The Guardian - AU

Josh Frydenberg says Australia has achieved a greater reduction in emissions than New Zealand, Canada and the OECD. Is that correct?

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Australia has achieved a reduction in emissions of 20 per cent on 2005 levels, which he says is greater than New Zealand, Canada and the OECD. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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Tension builds over three-cornered contest in Nicholls electorate, despite vast Nationals margin

Nicholls is held by the Nationals with a spacious 20 per cent margin. But the combination of a retiring MP and a prominent independent candidate could mean the end of the Coalition's stronghold on the seat.

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Liberal member for Wentworth Dave Sharma again under threat from an independent

The marginal Liberal seat of Wentworth in Sydney's east is once again under threat from an independent. And the challenge from Allegra Spender is forcing incumbent Dave Sharma to prove his moderate credentials.

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Paul Keating attacks Coalition’s super for housing policy as economists warn of soaring prices

A Coalition plan to allow first-home buyers to use their superannuation to buy property has been slammed by Paul Keating as a "frontal assault" on super.

Newcastle Herald

Liberal Party 'warms up' with final countdown underway

Scott Morrison has made housing a central part of the Liberal Party's official launch.

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Coalition announces Super Home Buyer scheme at federal election campaign launch in Brisbane

Prime Minister Scott Morrison uses the Liberal Party's campaign launch in Brisbane to announce a plan to allow first home buyers to use their superannuation to purchase a property.

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Federal election: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has launched the Liberal Party campaign in Brisbane — as it happened

The Liberal Party launches its federal election campaign in Brisbane a week out from voters heading to the polls — as it happened.

The Guardian - AU

I’m excited by the teal independents – but where’s the racial and ethnic diversity?

No one can seriously think the only people who care about climate change are white

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What Labor and Liberal Facebook ad spend tells us about where the election campaign is heading

We're rounding the final bend, but the election campaign marathon is now becoming a sprint to the finish, with political parties of all stripes upping their campaign pace and ad spend.

AAP

PM talks housing as finish line nears

Scott Morrison says first home buyers will be able to tap into their super while holding his campaign launch in Brisbane, where Labor also held a rally.

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Man charged after allegedly assaulting Liberal Party volunteer in spat over candidate's posters in Blue Mountains

A man has been charged after allegedly assaulting a Liberal Party volunteer in an altercation over the removal of political signage in the New South Wales Blue Mountains.

The Conversation

The Wentworth Project: 'Soft' voters say Spender out-campaigning Sharma but some still weighing decision

The battles in the most high-profile teal seats have become nail-biters, not least because some “soft” voters in these previously safe Liberal heartland electorates are leaving their decisions until very late.

AAP

Libs call for AEC probe into candidate

Labor's Parramatta candidate Andrew Charlton may have breached electoral laws, by listing a Woollahra rental owned by his wife as his place of residence.

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