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Mother barred from speaking at veteran suicide royal commission until after federal election

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide tells the mother of a veteran who took his own life she cannot give public evidence until after the federal election because she intends to run as a candidate, despite already hearing testimony from another witness whose name will also be on…

ABC News

PM, Labor set scene for election date call

Scott Morrison has put his handling of the pandemic and economy front and centre in a social media video ahead of his expected election call on Sunday.

AAP

Below the Line: What role will gender play in the federal election campaign? – podcast

When will Prime Minister Scott Morrison call the election? And could this be the long-awaited campaign when women take the driver’s seat?

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High Court win for Morrison, as he prepares to fire election starting gun

Scott Morrison has won, in a Friday decision by the High Court, his long running battle over NSW Liberal party preselections, clearing the way for him to call the election.

The Conversation

High court win on NSW preselections clears way for Morrison to call election

PM expected to visit governor general this weekend to trigger mid-May election after court refused to hear appeal against ‘captain’s picks’

The Guardian - AU

Why I gave Scomo a spray: Ray tells of Edgeworth encounter

Raymond Drury - the man who made national headlines when he confronted Scott Morrison at Edgeworth Tavern this week - opens up about his conversation with the PM and why he felt it was his last and only option to be heard.

Newcastle Herald

High Court throws out challenge to NSW Liberal preselections, clearing way for Prime Minister to call federal election

The High Court has cleared the way for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to call an election, dismissing an application to challenge a federal branch takeover of Liberal preselections in New South Wales.

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Live Updates | Russia acknowledges significant troop losses

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has acknowledged that Russia has suffered “significant losses of troops” during its military operation in Ukraine

The Independent UK

VIDEO: Handling the unexpected on the campaign trail

University of Canberra Professional Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.

The Conversation

Australia's government prepares to call election

Australia is expected to trigger a national election in the coming days, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison seeking to clear thorny political issues as his three-year term nears its end.

Reuters

AEC investigating popular union TikTok accounts skirting transparency rules ahead of federal election

Union-affiliated TikTok accounts publishing anti-government videos ahead of the federal election have racked up millions of views. But the ABC finds not everyone is playing by the rules.

ABC News

Election timetable: What happens now the election has been called?

Your handy guide to how the election process will unfold — and how long the parties have to sort out their factional fights over candidates.

Crikey

Qld flood victims face funding means test

Queenslanders will have to pass a means test before qualifying for funding in the state's $741 million flood recovery package.

AAP

RBA warns of quicker, steeper rate rises

The Reserve Bank warns borrowers to be prepared for interest rates to rise more quickly than anticipated, as politicians gear up for a cost-of-living election.

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Campaign Insights: Media data shows issues running hard against Morrison

In partnership with Isentia, Campaign Insights examines media coverage of issues and candidates in the coming election. And things have started poorly for the PM.

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Campaign Insights: media data shows issues running hard against Morrison

Crikey’s Campaign Insights, undertaken in partnership with Isentia, examine media coverage of issues and candidates in the coming election. And it has started off poorly for the Prime Minister.

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True or loose facts? Morrison claims the pandemic was 30 times worse economically than the GFC

The PM will spend the next few weeks promoting the government’s success against COVID. But is he telling porkies? We fact-checked his central proposition.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison spruiks Australia’s post-Covid jobs recovery. We factcheck him

PM says Covid had a much greater economic impact than the GFC but employment outcomes have been much better post-pandemic. Correct?

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Welcome to Australia, a thrilling experiment in carbon capture

In this article from coal and gas journal Fossil World, Australia’s innovative business model of being totally controlled by fossil fuel companies earns rave reviews.

Crikey

The government’s ransacking of the AAT is shocking — but the media normalises it

The Coalition has again stacked the highly-paid, quasi-judicial review body with its mates, on the eve of the election.

AAP

Ley defends PM pre-selection intervention

Environment Minister Susan Ley says she called in the prime minister to save her pre-selection, following "factional games and hidden agendas" in her seat.

ABC News

Armed children in every Aussie school? Bob Katter misses the mark with gun claim

The independent MP has a novel idea for protecting the country from potential foreign threats: give children guns. Experts say the background to his claim gets our history wrong.

Newcastle Herald

Why politicians' public lashings are a double-Edge sword

EDITORIAL: PM could've visited many other places instead of the Edgeworth Tavern

Crikey

Flood and rain again

Good morning, early birds. About 2000 Sydneysiders have fled their homes amid rising floodwaters as evacuation orders were rolled out last night, and United Australia Party chair Clive Palmer says he will put the Greens ahead of Liberal and Labor at the federal election. It’s the news you need to…

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Russia suspended from UN human rights council, fresh Aukus controversy, record frogs

Friday: Western observers fear that genocidal language in Russian media may prompt more war crimes. Plus: Record-breaking wet season sees frog numbers in Queensland leaping ‘through the roof’

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