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Here's where your political leaders have been in the election campaign so far

With COVID-19 pulling the handbrake on Anthony Albanese's roadshow almost a fortnight into the election campaign, it's a good time a time to look at where the nation's leaders have been concentrating their political firepower.

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The moderates in the NSW Liberals are in a fight they never wanted over Katherine Deves

Analysis: With debate over Warringah candidate continuing, party divisions pave way for difficult year ahead

The Guardian - AU

‘We still don’t see ourselves’: as leaders court Indian-Australians, a new generation wants more than empty gestures

With the pain of the India travel ban still fresh, a community that will decide who wins in May is looking for genuine engagement and a seat at the table

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Scott Morrison refuses press conference as John Howard calls teal independents ‘anti-Liberal groupies’

Warringah MP Zali Steggall accuses former prime minister of using ‘appalling sexist language’

The Guardian - AU

Labor's Jim Chalmers suggests foreign aid cuts partly to blame for Solomon Islands pact with China

Foreign aid cuts by Australia are partly to blame for the controversial security deal between China and Solomon Islands, says Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

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Pub Test panel: no leader takes 'poll' position in a week of election mud-slinging

"Both leaders are getting away from what they really need to be talking about and offering," coal miner and Pub Test panellist, Bernie Wilson, said.

Newcastle Herald

US warns Solomon Islands against China military base as Australian MPs trade blame

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg refuses to say when Australia first knew of pact between Solomon Islands and China

The Guardian - AU

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Businesses buy homes for staff to rent to combat worker shortage arising from housing crisis

Some NSW businesses are taking the housing and worker shortage "into our own hands" by buying homes for staff in areas with tight rental markets.

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Morrison refuses to hold press conference; Steggall accuses Howard of ‘sexist language’ after ‘groupies’ remark – as it happened

US says it will ‘respond accordingly’ if China allowed to establish military base in Solomon Islands. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Coalition MPs urge caution over ‘redundant’ bill to exclude trans women from female sport

While some government moderates say Australia’s sporting codes are already managing the issue, the Christian lobby warns issue is not ‘going away’

The Guardian - AU

Why some conservatives see Katherine Deves’ candidacy as a ‘godsend’

Despite controversial comments and calls for her disendorsement, many Liberals spy an opportunity

The Guardian - AU

'A very, very difficult planning exercise': What does it cost to hold an election and who pays?

More than 73,000 litres of hand sanitiser, 150,000 voting screens and 10,000 recycling bins are just a few of the essential supplies that have been procured for this year's election. So how much does it all cost?

ABC News

ACM Pub Test: Leaders' debate 'kind of swung me'

Ash Laing is a first-time voter and his contribution to the ACM Pub Test has made him notice a lot more about politics.

The Canberra Times

Not 'blessed', but privileged: Why Morrison's election debate comment angered so many this week

Advocates say Prime Minister Scott Morrison's comment that he was "blessed" not to have children with disability represents an outdated and harmful way of thinking about disability.

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Newcastle Herald

Here's to Newcastle Knights captain Kalyn Ponga's promise paying off

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

The Guardian - AU

The ‘red wall’ and what it means for Australia’s election campaign

Trans rights are part of the culture war repertoire overseas, but will Australians become irritated by the fixation on an issue they regard as completely confected?

AAP

Treat every seat as a risk: John Howard

John Howard is sure the Liberal candidate in his old seat of Bennelong will win at next month's election but he warns every seat is always at risk.

AAP

Day 13 of the federal election campaign

What leaders Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese and their teams are up to in the federal election campaign on Saturday, April 23, day 13.

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Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Penguin bars causing a p-p-p-problem for PM

BORIS JOHNSON has a lot on his plate at the moment, but it seems another photo is coming back to bite him. Last summer, the Prime Minister exchanged Penguin bars for Tim Tams with his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison as they posed for a photo-op after signing a post-Brexit trade…

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Labor branch members spread Gladys Liu conspiracy meme on Facebook

A Facebook page managed by the president of a local Labor branch in Queensland has been sharing incendiary posts, including claims that Liberal MP Gladys Liu is a Chinese spy, an ABC investigation has found.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: 'The bug' gives Albanese opportunity to sell the team but less time to sell himself

“Well, the boss has got the bug, so you’ve got me.” Labor campaign spokesman Jason Clare fronted the media the morning after Anthony Albanese tested positive for COVID, and the contrast didn’t go unnoticed.

Newcastle Herald

Albo's in iso but the campaign marches on

Week two of the election campaign is wrapping up and the surprises just keep coming.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison’s Icac claims are ‘absolute rubbish’, say transparency experts

Legal figures say it is ‘ridiculous’ for the PM to call the NSW corruption commission a ‘kangaroo court’ that has led to too many politicians resigning

The Guardian - AU

China is exerting ‘enormous pressure’ on Pacific island nations, Scott Morrison says

Morrison dodges questions on whether Australia knew of Solomon Islands-China pact amid ministers’ conflicting accounts

The Conversation

In the wake of the China-Solomon Islands pact, Australia needs to rethink its Pacific relationships

Like the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano that triggered a massive tsunami and sent shockwaves around the world when it erupted on January 15, the recently signed security deal between the Solomon Islands and China has also unleashed geopolitical convulsions of immense magnitude.

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