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In today’s Tips and Murmurs, we look at the depths to which The Australian is willing to sink to keep Anthony Albanese’s Monday blunders in the news. There’s plenty more too.

You join a political party. Its rules are over 100 pages long. And that’s only for your state division. There’s also an overarching “federal” party constitution.

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Good morning, early birds. Labor has pledged $135 million for a trial of 50 urgent care clinics across Australia, and has dropped plans to review the JobSeeker rate. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

National Party defector George Christensen appears on track to receive a $105,000 taxpayer-funded payout after his decision to contest an unwinnable position on One Nation's Senate ticket for Queensland.

Election campaigns are exercises in storytelling. Yes, they are about images, but these are usually attached to words. The stories are not normally outright lies, although we’ll certainly see a few of those on the way to May 21. Rather, the campaigners engage in a kind of creative non-fiction, with…

The result of the federal election will be key for a voice to parliament protected by the Constitution as called for by the Uluru Statement from the Heart. The election will also be crucial for Indigenous affairs more broadly.

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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