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Dutton promises Coalition would increase defence spending to 3% of GDP ‘within a decade’

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will promise a Coalition government would boost Australia’s spending on defence to 2.5% of GDP within five years and 3% within a decade.

The Conversation · Apr 22, 2025

Leaders trade barbs and well-worn lines in unspectacular third election debate

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have met for the third leaders’ debate of this election campaign, this time on the Nine network. And while the debate traversed much of the same ground as the first two, the quick-fire set up of the debate allowed for some more animated exchanges less…

The Conversation · Apr 22, 2025

Election Diary: Dutton in third debate gives Labor ammunition for its scare about cuts

In the leaders’ third head-to-head encounter, on Nine on Tuesday, Peter Dutton’s bluntness when pressed on cuts has given more ammunition to Labor’s scare campaign about what a Coalition government might do.

The Conversation · Apr 22, 2025

Afternoon Update Election 2025: campaign quietens after pope’s death; Clive Palmer’s ‘tampering’ claims; third leaders’ debate tonight

Dutton says today not for ‘overt politicking’ but both leaders will face off tonight

The Guardian - AU · Apr 22, 2025

Australians start voting in general elections as pope's death overshadows campaigning

Australians have begun voting at general elections as campaigning is overshadowed by the death of Pope Francis

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2025

Greens campaign signs defaced with offensive graffiti – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2025

Election campaign at half-mast as leaders remember Pope

Election campaign events by Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have been cancelled because of the Pope's death, as early voting opens.

AAP · Apr 21, 2025

Netherlands a ‘cautionary tale’ for Coalition’s mortgage deduction scheme, expert warns

Cody Hochstenbach says the scheme in his country has driven up home prices and weighs heavily on taxpayers

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2025

Election Diary: Albanese government stays mum over whatever Russia may have said to Indonesia

The imbroglio over the reported Russian request to Indonesia to base planes in Papua initially tripped Peter Dutton, and now is dogging Anthony Albanese.

The Conversation · Apr 21, 2025

Australian prime minister pays emotional tribute to Pope Francis as a ‘devoted champion’

Anthony Albanese, himself a Catholic, said the Argentinian pope had been ‘close to the people of Australia’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2025