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Steven Marshall confident successor can reverse Liberal fortunes as party elects new leader

As South Australian Liberal MPs select a new leader, a month after their resounding electoral defeat, the state's former premier, Steven Marshall, issues words of encouragement to colleagues.

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Bass and Braddon in the balance as Tasmanian voters excoriate Scott Morrison

Few people we meet in these two marginal Liberal seats are negative about Labor leader Anthony Albanese – rather, he’s a bit of a mystery

The Guardian - AU

He's the treasurer who may become the next leader of the Liberal Party. So how high can Josh Frydenberg fly?

`This is the first in a two-part series on the major parties’ Treasury spokespeople. You can read Carol Johnson’s profile of Jim Chalmers here.

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ELECTION RECAP: Here’s Hoping The Libs Have A Plumber Because The Leaks Keep Coming

Everything you need to know to seem smart at the pub this long weekend.

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Scott Morrison faces Liberal mutiny over Warringah candidate Katherine Deves’ trans views

NSW treasurer Matt Kean and long-time Liberal activist Walter Villatora call for Deves to be disendorsed

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison sticks by Katherine Deves after NSW Treasurer calls for Liberal candidate in Warringah to be dumped

Prime Minister Scott Morrison sticks by his controversial pick for the seat of Warringah after the NSW Treasurer said "she's got to go" for her comments about transgender people.

ABC News

Liberal candidate for Hughes in a 'sprint' against independents and Craig Kelly

The Liberal Party's pick for the southern Sydney seat of Hughes, after the defection of Craig Kelly, faces a fight from other candidates who have had months on the campaign trail already.

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Liberal candidate Katherine Deves apologises for likening her activism against transgender athletes to standing up against the Holocaust

A controversial candidate in a prized former Liberal Party seat apologises after a YouTube video emerged in which she compared her lobbying to stop transgender athletes from competing in women's sport to standing up against the Holocaust.

ABC News

Hope? Contempt? Reciprocity? How each political party's election ads reveal their key messages

The federal election campaign is underway and political advertising has really started to ramp up. But who is the target audience for each party’s ad, what are their key messages and how effective will they be?

The Conversation

State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia

Over the next six weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese will dash around the country, trying to secure as many precious votes as they can.

The Conversation

Morrison government unnecessarily extended plum jobs worth up to $500,000 ahead of federal election

Plum jobs worth up to $500,000 a year were extended to Liberal Party-linked individuals by the Morrison government in the lead-up to the election, and many were not due to end for another two years.

ABC News

AEC warns voters to ‘think twice’ before giving details to political parties offering to register their postal vote ahead of election

Australian political parties reaching out to you with postal vote registration forms ahead of election day may be just as interested in your personal data as helping you cast a ballot.

ABC News

Liberal candidate Allison Bluck apologises over false claim involving woman with similar name

SA Liberal candidate Allison Bluck apologises for telling voters she runs a nature trail on Kangaroo Island — a position actually held by a woman called Alison Buck.

ABC News

Key battleground for federal election gets personal as more candidates join race

The battle for one marginal seat could come down to wild-card candidates, as the race turns personal in the Western Sydney federal seat of Parramatta.

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Newcastle Herald

Severe storms nothing new for our beaches

Newcastle Herald readers have their say

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Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese in battle to be prime minister as Australia heads to election

Both men have spent a good part of their lives in politics but, come May 21, one will be prime minister and the other will likely face the end of his political career.

Newcastle Herald

Labor pulling ahead in Paterson survey

A survey of voters in the marginal seat of Paterson suggests that incumbent Labor member Meryl Swanson will be returned.

The Independent UK

Australia PM Morrison first to serve full term in 15 years

In at least one sense, Scott Morrison is the most successful Australian prime minister in years

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Women have been at the centre of political debate in the past two years. Will they decide the 2022 election?

After months of speculation, Australians will go to the polls on May 21.

Newcastle Herald

Not so fast ... we've all made the odd mistake

Newcastle Herald readers have their say

ABC News

Liberal Party leadership contest widens to include Adelaide Hills MP Josh Teague

Former lower house speaker Josh Teague puts his hand up to replace outgoing SA Liberal leader Steven Marshall, weeks after the party's electoral drubbing.

Newcastle Herald

Edgy encounter highlights desire for 'fair go'

RE: "Prime Minister Scott Morrison confronted by angry punter on a visit to Edgeworth Tavern, Herald online 6/4".

Evening Standard

Norman Scott from A Very English Scandal releases blockbuster biography

The former stable hand, who claimed in court that the Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe tried to have him killed, has written his side of the story

AAP

Court rejects Liberal candidate challenge

The High Court has rejected a special leave application from a former Liberal Party member challenging federal intervention in the selection of NSW candidates.

ABC News

Clive Palmer says United Australia Party will preference major parties last at federal election

Clive Palmer says the United Australia Party will preference the Liberal Party, Labor and the Greens last on all its how-to-vote cards at the upcoming federal election.

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