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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.

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$From handshakes to threats: can the election bring a fresh start in our fractured relationship with China?$

From handshakes to threats: can the election bring a fresh start in our fractured relationship with China?

This is the first piece in a foreign policy election series looking at how Australia’s relations with the world have changed under the Morrison government.

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.

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PM defends delay on integrity commission

Scott Morrison has denied he broke a campaign promise by not setting up a national integrity commission during the government's recent term in office.

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Labor pledges more health policy detail

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese is spending day four of the campaign in the NSW seat of Hunter as Labor aims for a reset based on health issues.

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NSW Liberal candidate described campaign supporting LGBT youth as ‘grooming tactic’ used by ‘gender extremists’

On a now-deleted website, Katherine Deves criticised NSW police for endorsing Wear it Purple Day and makes a series of inflammatory posts about trans people

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Factcheck: are Coalition claims Labor’s pandemic policies would have cost an extra $81bn accurate?

Scott Morrison has backed up Covid claim first made by Simon Birmingham, but shadow finance minister dismisses numbers as ‘dodgy’

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Jobless rate holds steady at four per cent

The unemployment rate was unchanged at four per cent in March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics says.

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Campaign push ahead of Easter break

The government has announced a $220 million forestry package while Labor is keen to keep focus on health policy as the first week of campaigning nears its end.

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PM announces Tas timber industry support

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a support package for the forest products industry including a national innovation institute based in Tasmania.

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Labor to focus on health in campaign reset

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese will spend day four of the campaign in the NSW seat of Hunter as Labor aims for a campaign reset.

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Another drop in jobless rate predicted

Economists expect the latest labour force figures for March will show a further drop in the unemployment rate to 3.9 per cent, the lowest level since 1974.

Crikey

Scott Morrison effectively ditches his promise to establish a federal anti-corruption commission

Prime minister says if Coalition wins election he would only introduce legislation if Labor agreed in advance to back heavily criticised model

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PM shoots hoops for marginal Vic seat

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has finished off his third day of campaigning having visited key marginal seats in NSW and Victoria he hopes to win back in May.

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PM shoots hoops in marginal Vic seat

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has finished off his third day of campaigning having visited key marginal seats in NSW and Victoria he hopes to win back in May.

The Guardian - AU

US military leader warns Chinese security deal with Solomon Islands sounds ‘too good to be true’

General David Berger raises concerns about Chinese influence while Australia’s Pacific minister asks Solomon Islands ‘to consider not signing agreement’

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Australia's Pacific Minister Zed Seselja urges Solomon Islands Prime Minister not to sign China security deal

Australia's Minister for the Pacific uses a visit to Solomon Islands in the middle of the federal election campaign to "respectfully" urge the country's Prime Minister not to sign a controversial security deal with China.

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Australian minister tries to end Solomons-China pact

Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific Zed Seselja has flown to the Solomon Islands in a bid to prevent a China military presence in the South Pacific island nation

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Morrison abandons support for trans sport ban after hand-picked candidate apologises for tweets

Liberal Katherine Deves apologises for post describing trans kids as ‘surgically mutilated and sterilised’ as Zali Steggall calls for her disendorsement

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Greens leader Adam Bandt accuses Prime Minister Scott Morrison of trying to weaponise transgender debate for election campaign

Greens Leader Adam Bandt says Prime Minister Scott Morrison is putting lives at risk, by agreeing with the Liberal candidate for Warringah, who lobbied to stop transgender women from competing in women's sport.

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Solomons security pact unease continues

Pacific Minister Zed Seselja is in Solomon Islands to meet with the prime minister as Australia continues to raise concerns over a security pact with China.

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No escape from member for Manila as Labor goes on a health kick

Is George Christensen’s defection to One Nation a ‘lose-lose’ situation? And how desperate is Anthony Albanese to put health front and centre? Day three of the election campaign.

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A wave of election misinformation is about to come at you. Are you ready?

From the plethora of claims made by politicians about the other side's record on the economy, climate and public services, to an influx of imported narratives about the electoral process, there's a lot of incorrect and misleading information circulating less than a week into the election campaign. So, what should…

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Scott Morrison is all strategy, no substance. Do voters even care?

The PM’s game plan is pretty simple: put forward as little as possible in the way of policies and cross fingers nothing blows up in his face.

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