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Katherine Deves claims key role in controversial bill to ban trans women from women’s sport

Embattled Liberal candidate for Warringah says she worked with Tasmanian senator Claire Chandler on ‘Save Women’s Sport’ legislation

The Guardian - AU

Medicare, aged pensions and energy bills: Which scare campaigns should you be looking out for in this election?

From a carbon tax to Medicare, energy bills and pensioner changes — the Coalition and Labor are both relying heavily on scare campaigns ahead of next month's poll.

ABC News

Labor still has clear lead in Newspoll and Resolve, but Albanese’s ratings slump

This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 14-17 from a sample of 1,510, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged since last week. Primary votes were 36% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (down one), 12% Greens (up two), 4% One Nation (up one), 4% UAP (steady) and 9% for all Others (down one).

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Factcheck: is Labor’s policy on asylum seekers and refugees any different to the Coalition’s?

Boat turnbacks, offshore detention and third-country resettlement have bipartisan support. Does Labor differ at all from the government?

The Guardian - AU

Certainty welcomed for new gas, minerals

Australia will take its place in the new energy economy with taxpayer support to reinvent fossil fuels and mine new minerals, under plans backed by industry.

AAP

Matt Kean renews call for Katherine Deves to be disendorsed in seat of Warringah

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean says the Liberal Party's candidate in Warringah is "not fit for office" and her comments threaten the political future of moderates at the upcoming election.

ABC News

Major parties rule out deals with independents – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

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Unions warn against PM's industrial plan

Scott Morrison has used a trip to Western Australia to announce two new hydrogen hubs but unions have warned against a plan to reform industrial agreements.

AAP

Federal election: Morrison addresses business leaders in Perth, Albanese pledges funding for veteran-led disaster response organisation in Brisbane

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese are both urging people not to vote for high-profile independents running against incumbent MPs in marginal seats which could hold the key to victory at next month's election.

ABC News

Labor's pledge to put 5200 extra volunteers on the ground in wake of disasters

Mr Albanese will use the ninth day of the campaign to spruik a $38 million funding pledge over three years to Disaster Relief Australia, a veteran-led organisation assisting communities after natural disasters.

Newcastle Herald

Morning mail: ex-SAS solider to take stand, power prices surge, Hatchie’s double life

Tuesday: Ben Roberts-Smith is calling a former patrol commander as his first witness-in-reply in his defamation trial. Plus: how to take your cat for a walk

The Guardian - AU

Labor, Liberals rule out independents deal

As polls point to a surge of support for independents and minor parties, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have ruled out crossbench deals to form government.

AAP

Climate policy in 2022 is no longer a political bin-fire – but it remains a smouldering issue for voters

As far as political debate goes, this federal election seems to be less about climate change than any in the past 15 years. Unlike in 2010, 2013 and 2016 – when governments were elected and leaders deposed over climate policy – this time there’s no brutal contest over the issue.

The Conversation

Omissions from election debate could give Hunter miners cause for concern

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Newcastle Herald

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Industry anger after Defence spends $90 million on second-hand vessel in Canary Islands

Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands and bought a five-year-old ship for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship to be built in Western Australia.

ABC News

When will there be a federal ICAC or anti-corruption commission? What are the parties promising?

Although Anthony Albanese has committed to introducing an ICAC within the first six months of a Labor government, Barnaby Joyce does not think many Australians will care, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison says it's now off his agenda but denies it is a broken promise.

The Guardian - AU

Bass and Braddon in the balance as Tasmanian voters excoriate Scott Morrison

Few people we meet in these two marginal Liberal seats are negative about Labor leader Anthony Albanese – rather, he’s a bit of a mystery

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Labor holds 53-47% lead but Albanese takes a hit in Newspoll

Labor has clung to its 53-47% two-party lead in the latest Newspoll, but Anthony Albanese’s ratings have taken a knock after his error-prone first week of the campaign.

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He's the treasurer who may become the next leader of the Liberal Party. So how high can Josh Frydenberg fly?

`This is the first in a two-part series on the major parties’ Treasury spokespeople. You can read Carol Johnson’s profile of Jim Chalmers here.

The Guardian - AU

Alexander Downer features in UK video promoting Britain’s ‘new plan for immigration’

Former Australian foreign minister says ‘no one will end up being able to reside in the UK if they pay a people smuggler’, in UK Home Office video

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese shifts campaign focus to perceived failings of Morrison government

Labor seeks to pressure Coalition over Medicare, as aspiring Liberal heath minister says party ‘absolutely guarantee Medicare in law’

ABC News

Scott Morrison says he misspoke after claiming the JobSeeker unemployment payment had risen to $46 a week

The Prime Minister clarifies his comments about the increase to the JobSeeker rate, after incorrectly claiming the unemployment benefit had risen to $46 a week since the last federal election.

The Independent UK

Australian leader warns of a resurgence in asylum seekers

Australia’s prime minister warns that thousands of asylum seekers will attempt to reach the country by boat if the opposition party wins elections on May 21

The Guardian - AU

Factcheck: is there any truth to scare campaigns about the cashless debit card and retiree tax?

Coalition and Labor are targeting older Australians with advertising featuring grave warnings for pensioners

Reuters

Australia PM vows no cuts to universal healthcare if re-elected

Prime Minister Scott Morrison denied on Monday that his government would make cuts to Australia's universal healthcare scheme if he is re-elected next month, after the opposition Labor Party raised doubts over its future.

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