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The Latest Breaking News from Scott Morrison

This Time In 2019 Labor Was Ahead In The Polls, So WTF Went Wrong Will It Happen Again In 2022?

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Australia's Morrison vows more empathy if re-elected PM

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised on Saturday to be more empathetic if he wins re-election, as his government continues to trail the opposition Labor Party a week before a general election.

Reuters

Labor accuses Prime Minister Scott Morrison of putting politics ahead of national security on AUKUS pact

Federal Labor says Prime Minister Scott Morrison broke the "trust and faith" of Australia's most important ally in a stoush over the AUKUS security pact.

ABC News

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Voters in marginal NSW seat Gilmore undecided a week out from election

The south coast NSW seat is crucial for the major parties, but with disaster recovery, mental health and the environment front and centre, the result is far from certain.

ABC News

Albanese says Morrison broke faith with US by delaying Labor’s Aukus briefing

Biden administration reportedly said defence alliance needed bipartisan support, but opposition was not told until day before it was announced

The Guardian - AU

Australia says Chinese spy ship did not breach law of the sea

A Chinese intelligence ship tracked off Australia's west coast within 50 nautical miles of a sensitive defence facility did not breach international maritime laws, Australia said on Saturday.

Reuters

One week out and our Pub Test panel is still searching for campaign answers

"Both leaders are playing the man not the ball. I find that very poor in an election process."

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Labor retains large Newspoll lead but Albanese's ratings fall; special poll gives Labor clear House majority

A Newspoll, conducted May 10-13 from a sample of 1,532, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, unchanged from the previous week’s Newspoll. Primary votes were 38% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (steady), 11% Greens (steady), 6% One Nation (up one), 3% UAP (down one) and 7% all Others (up one).

The Conversation

Morrison hails close ties with India and Albanese pledges $970m for Medicare – as it happened

Scott Morrison reiterates new pitch to voters, promising a ‘gear change’, and Anthony Albanese reveals plan to boost primary healthcare. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Labor promises almost $1 billion for Medicare and GPs if it wins federal election

Federal Labor is entering the election campaign home stretch armed with a promise of almost $1 billion in new Medicare and primary-health funding if it wins next weekend's federal poll.

ABC News

Michael Pascoe: Everyone is wrong about a 5.1 per cent minimum wage rise

The government knows how miserable the real-world outcome is for people on low wages suffering excruciating effective marginal tax rates.

The New Daily

Coal not the only burning issue in Queensland’s blue collar seat of Flynn

With the LNP MP retiring and Labor reeling from its 2019 collapse, One Nation and the United Australia party will have a big say in this central Queensland seat

The Guardian - AU

If the metropolitan moderates are wiped out next week, the Liberals must learn the right lesson from defeat

In the event of a ‘tealwash’ there is every chance the party will complete its slide into brutal, Trumpian hyper-partisanship

The Guardian - AU

A failure as shameful as robodebt leaves questions only a royal commission can examine

Without an understanding of how this unlawful scheme occurred, what’s to stop something similar happening again?

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Ibac frenzy exposes a wide divide between Victorian and federal Liberals

Analysis: Scott Morrison rejects ‘kangaroo court’ corruption watchdogs while state opposition is furious about Daniel Andrews’ private interviews

The Canberra Times

'Two people bullying each other': voters sick of political point scoring

The political games and point scoring is something that leaves Pub Test participant Jim Macdougall extremely unimpressed.

The Canberra Times

Ukraine, abortion and kangaroo courts: it's Geoffrey Robertson against the world

He's one of the world's most high-profile lawyers, but Geoffrey Robertson cares most deeply about people.

Newcastle Herald

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AAP

Children urged to ditch devices for sport

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia is moving into a "golden decade" for major sporting events, as he commits $20 million to a schools sports program.

AAP

Day 34 of the federal election campaign

Scott Morrison will begin day 34 of the federal election campaign in Melbourne, while Anthony Albanese will start in Darwin.

AAP

PM gets sporty, Albanese looks to health

One week out from the election, the coalition has unveiled a program to get more students involved in sport, while Labor has promised to boost Medicare.

The Independent UK

Chinese warship accused of ‘spying’ on Australian coast in ‘act of aggression’

Australia’s defense minister says a Chinese warship with spying capabilities has been hugging the western coastline in what amounts to an ‘aggressive act’

The Independent UK

Australia calls presence of Chinese vessel off west coast ‘an act of aggression’

‘We’re keeping a close eye on them,’ says PM Scott Morrison

The New Daily

The Ferguson Report: Something shiny this way comes to distract us from the election

The attention span of Australian voters has shrunk to momentary levels due to the price of oh look, there's another shiny thing.

The New Daily

Real Housewives of Parliament House: Labor meme sparks fury from reality star Gina Liano

Former Real Housewives of Melbourne star Gina Liano is reportedly furious after Labor used a clip of her in a social media meme.

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