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Liberals and Nationals candidates running in seats where nuclear plants could be set up under a coalition government so far haven't been playing up the plan.

In addition to the disgusting racist language, he also made light of Tanya Plibersek's daughter who was in an abusive relationship, writing: "You couldn’t even look after your own daughter’s safety” and “That’s why her daughter was bashed”.

The bus blocked traffic for around 40 minutes as Dutton kicked off his pre-election media blitz.

“From my perspective, it is a matter of respect. We have a great privilege of sharing this continent with the oldest continuous culture on Earth," Albo said.

After a bike lane barrier stalled Peter Dutton's campaign bus, the opposition leader lashed Labor for preferencing the "Jew-hating" Greens.

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Election campaign enters final week; ramming motives investigated in Canada; warnings of severe starvation in Gaza

Major parties used to easily dismiss the rare politician who stood alone in parliament. These MPs could be written off as isolated idealists, and the press could condescend to them as noble, naïve and unlikely to succeed.

In searching for the “real” Peter Dutton, it is possible to end up frustrated because you have looked too hard.

Barring a rogue result, this Saturday Anthony Albanese will achieve what no major party leader has done since John Howard’s prime-ministerial era – win consecutive elections. Admittedly, in those two decades he is only the second of the six prime ministers (the other is Scott Morrison), who has been permitted…

The opposition leader has dodged questions on whether he's across voters' cost-of-living pressures as the election campaign enters its final days.