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Election Diary: a cost-of-living election where neither leader can tell you the price of eggs

The fourth election debate was the most idiosyncratic of the four head-to-head contests between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

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Albanese handed win in final leaders’ debate – as it happened

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Who won the final leaders’ debate? Seven takeaways from Albanese v Dutton

Anthony Albanese was convincingly voted the winner by the 7News panel after Peter Dutton pressed culture war issues and came up well short on the price of eggs

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Newspoll shows Labor’s lead steady at 52–48

While last week’s Morgan and YouGov polls had Labor continuing its surge, Newspoll is steady for the fourth successive week at 52–48 to Labor. A Redbridge poll of the marginal seats was again very strong for Labor, while YouGov and KJC seat polls were respectively good and bad for Labor.

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Peter Dutton criticised as ‘illiberal’ for calling ABC and the Guardian ‘hate media’

Critics compare Coalition leader to Donald Trump while Labor communications minister suggests Dutton is ‘afraid of scrutiny’

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Coalition targets electric vehicle drivers stating ‘everyone who drives on the road’ should pay

Transport spokesperson Bridget McKenzie refuses to say whether Dutton government would introduce road user charges despite repeated questions

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Coalition rules out cuts to another visa class despite vowing to slash immigration by 100,000

Peter Dutton plans to slash overall intake if elected on Saturday but which streams will be targeted remains unclear

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A holiday destination for some, but no one is coasting in Gilmore, Labor’s most marginal seat

Once Eden-Monaro was the seat to watch on the NSW south coast, but now its neighbour has taken centre stage as one of the Coalition’s prime targets

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Why Australia’s most prominent climate change deniers have stopped talking about the climate

Global heating sceptics now argue it is more palatable with the electorate to pivot from climate denialism to anti-renewable energy scepticism

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Tim Flannery: ‘What we’re seeing is the last gasp of the patriarchy’

The celebrated scientist and conservationist on the federal election, the world at 3C hotter, and why he is ‘very hopeful’ humankind will survive the climate crisis

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Sharri Markson’s ‘exclusive inside information’ puts Coalition in poll position

Sky News host assures viewers polls favouring Labor are ‘inaccurate’. Plus: Kyle Sandilands the face of a new anti-hate campaign

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Labor takes large leads in YouGov and Morgan polls as surge continues

With just eight days until the May 3 federal election, and with in-person early voting well under way, Labor has taken a seven-point lead in a national YouGov poll and an 11-point lead in a Morgan poll. An exit poll of early voters is also encouraging for Labor.

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Anzac Day 2025 live updates – as it happened

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Preferences may help decide the Australian election. Here is what could happen in five crucial seats

How-to-vote cards offer some clues to how preferences may flow, but no one can be sure how closely voters will follow them – and some offer no advice

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Labor feared the worst in the battle of the ’burbs – and discontent lingers on Melbourne’s outskirts

Seats such as Hawke in Victoria and Werriwa in NSW are prime targets for Peter Dutton’s outer suburban strategy. But Labor believes it can weather the storm

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Labor and the Coalition brush over ‘scary’ decline in young Australians’ dental visits

Just like housing, advocates say oral health care is a policy area where younger Australians are seriously disadvantaged

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Grattan on Friday: Coalition’s campaign lacks good planning and enough elbow grease

Whatever the result on May 3, even people within the Liberals think they have run a very poor national campaign. Not just poor, but odd.

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Anatomy of a PM’s fall: did Albanese stumble off a stage - and why are we still talking about it?

Caitlin Cassidy explains the differences between falling, stumbling and stepping off to Julia Hollingsworth

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Afternoon Update Election 2025: Dutton’s presser gets testy; anatomy of a PM’s fall; and DJ Bandt to party in Brisbane

The opposition leader was on the defence on multiple fronts at a testy press conference in Tasmania

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Back to the fuel guzzlers? Coalition plans to end EV tax breaks would hobble the clean transport transition

If elected, the Coalition has pledged to end Labor’s substantial tax break for new zero- or low-emissions vehicles.

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Preference deals can decide the outcome of a seat in an election – but not always

Every election cycle the media becomes infatuated, even if temporarily, with preference deals between parties. The 2025 election is no exception, with many media reports about preference “deals” being made.

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EVs to cost more under a Coalition government, after Dutton’s apparent backflip on popular tax break

Polestar says Dutton’s move shows ‘a complete lack of understanding of the significant cost-of-living, climate and health benefits of EVs’

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Albanese condemns Dutton’s pledge for mass public service cuts ‘only in Canberra’

Opposition leader’s comments suggest close to two-thirds of capital’s public service roles – which include many key agencies – would be slashed

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The major parties have announced their plans to address domestic and family violence. How do they stack up?

In the past week, at least seven women have been killed in Australia, allegedly by men. These deaths have occurred in different contexts – across state borders, communities and relationships. But are united by one truth: they are part of the ongoing national crisis of men’s violence against women and…

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Exclusion zones: is Peter Dutton’s campaign avoiding proposed nuclear power sites?

The opposition leader says he ‘won’t be able to get to all’ of the seven locations earmarked for flagship nuclear policy, while Labor says he has not been within 50km of any during election campaign

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