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Morning Mail: Cracks in Liberals’ nuclear story, Trump doubles down on deportation, Katy Perry in space

Victorian party leader distances himself from Coalition policy as poll points to increased Labor lead

The Guardian - AU

Labor receives assurances from Indonesian defence minister – as it happened

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Cutting migrant numbers won’t help housing – the real immigration problems not being tackled this election

Immigration is shaping as one of the most potent policy issues of the election campaign.

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PM looking forward as clock ticks for lagging Liberals

Labor has been buoyed by a run of strong polls as the coalition looks to claw back lost ground as the clock ticks down before early voting opens.

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Victoria’s Liberal leader is counting the days to the election. But will ‘brand Brad’ pass the pub test?

Brad Battin’s ascension to the leadership was described as a ‘hostile rightwing takeover’ but the former police officer says his only ideology is ‘common sense’

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Liberal leader distances state party from Peter Dutton’s nuclear proposal: ‘Our focus is gas’

Exclusive: Brad Battin says he had a conversation with the federal opposition leader about the ‘language’ he would use about plans to build a nuclear reactor in eastern Victoria

The Guardian - AU

Finance minister vows to slash more consultants and accuses Coalition of importing Trump’s Doge agenda

Exclusive: Katy Gallagher says focus will be ‘on driving cultural change’ within public service if Labor wins the election

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Peter Dutton Wheels Out 20 Y.O. Son To Try And Appear Relatable On The Housing Crisis

Peter Dutton has made about $30 million off-loading property. 🤪

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Election Diary: Will Peter Dutton help son Harry buy a house?

Political leaders’ kids are routinely put on display to share the glory or the pain of election night. Earlier, they’re often at campaign launches to “humanise” the candidates.

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Summit hope for state if election climate favours Labor

The Festival State's premier hopes his federal colleagues win the May 3 election and then secure hosting rights for a United Nations global climate summit.

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Afternoon Update Election 2025: leaders brush off housing policy criticisms; Liberals release diss track; and Labor smoothes over awkward greeting

Parties accuse each other of costly ‘sugar hit’ announcements as expert says they would exacerbate problem they are trying to solve

The Guardian - AU

Dutton's son saving like mad in hopeless housing market

Peter Dutton took his son out on the campaign trail as he assured his government would offer housing hope for young Australians like 20-year-old Harry.

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David Pocock says major parties lack the ‘courage’ to tackle housing crisis – as it happened

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Strongmen, Daggy Dads and State Daddies: how different styles of political masculinity play into Australian elections

Australian politics has historically been a male domain with an overwhelmingly masculine culture. Manhood and a certain kind of masculinity are still considered integral to a leader’s political legitimacy.

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Parties eye votes in 'over the top' spending blitz

Despite promising good economic management, major parties have thrown billions at voters in pre-election sweeteners amid competing pitches for first homebuyers.

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PM dodges golf talk after polls put Labor back on par

The prime minister has sought to dodge comparisons with Masters golf champion Rory McIlroy but says he is not taking for granted his lead in the polls.

The Guardian - AU

What do Labor and the Coalition’s new housing polices mean for first home buyers?

Neither plan will put significant downward pressure on property prices – and making mortgages tax deductible may have ‘some inflationary impact’

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Newspoll steady but Albanese’s ratings jump; swing to Labor in marginal seats

A national Newspoll, conducted April 7–10 from a sample of 1,271, gave Labor a 52–48 lead, unchanged since the March 31 to April 4 Newspoll. Primary votes were 35% Coalition (down one), 33% Labor (steady), 12% Greens (steady), 8% One Nation (up one) and 12% for all Others (steady).

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Ten things we learned from Anthony Albanese’s speech at the Labor party campaign launch

The PM addressed a crowd of 500 people in Perth, spruiking new policies on housing and tax deductions, celebrating WA and invoking Donald Trump. Here’s what you may have missed

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Election Diary: Liberal and Labor launches focus on housing, but who thinks either side can fix that crisis any time soon?

If anyone had any doubts before, Sunday’s Liberal and Labor launches highlighted that this election is an auction for votes, in particular those of the under 40s and people in the outer suburbs.

The Guardian - AU

Ten things we learned from Peter Dutton’s speech at the Liberal party campaign launch

In a marathon 50-minute on stage the opposition leader promised to stop the boats (again), foreshadowed a ‘significant’ defence investment and took a jab at Jim Chalmers. Here’s what you may have missed

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Battle of the election ‘sugar hits’: Labor and Coalition announce tax plans at duelling campaign launches

Albanese unveils an automatic $1,000 deduction on annual tax returns while Dutton pledges $1,200 one-off tax refund for low- and middle income earners

AAP

Dutton looks to the past as he plans for the future

Surrounded by Liberal luminaries, Peter Dutton is hoping to follow their footsteps all the way to Kirribilli House as he vows to "get Australia back on track".

AAP

Labor rouses true believers as campaign hits full swing

The official launch of Labor's campaign in a key state sets the stage for a down-to-the-wire election battle as the prime minister looks to boost momentum.

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Dutton and Albanese promise tax relief at campaign launch events – as it happened

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