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Former MP takes stand to defend child sex charges

A former politician accused of sexually abusing a young teen has denied telling the boy on a gay dating app he was only 17 despite being 27 at the time.

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Campaign group behind attack ads on Labor, Greens and teal candidates was funded by coal industry lobby

Australians for Prosperity received most of its funding last financial year from Coal Australia, according to disclosures made to the Australian Electoral Commission

The Guardian - AU

‘Nationals-lite’: former Liberal president says party would be ‘rewarding standover tactics’ if net zero dumped

Exclusive: Jason Falinski says cutting net zero would tell young Australians ‘we have given up’ and could have negative impact at next election

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Senior Liberals fear Coalition split may damage party for years but others see silver lining

Reforming with Nationals could be very difficult once deep policy divergences set in and are openly debated, MPs say

The Guardian - AU

Liberals warned to ditch culture wars ahead of vote

The needs of Australians must be prioritised over culture wars, an ex-Liberal has urged, as the party prepares to elect a new leader after its election loss.

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‘We have destroyed the Greens’: third-party groups spent millions on ads to influence Australian voters. Some claim it worked

Money can buy people’s attention, one campaigner says, and if you ‘slap them in the face enough with a message, it’ll stick’

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Train takes, diss tracks and TikTok clips: politicians pull out the stops to win over gen Z voters

Analysis by marketing firm finds Albanese far outpacing rivals on TikTok engagement. Also: leaders drawn to the marginals; and FriendlyJordies hits back

The Guardian - AU

Coalition flags expanding super for housing policy amid increase in house prices

Michael Sukkar says policy may need to be revised amid increase in housing prices but the ‘broad strokes’ would remain the same

The Guardian - AU

Icac under fire: the NSW corruption commission has made some powerful enemies

Icac has brought down three premiers, including the one who set it up, and has come in for vitriolic criticism. But supporters argue its powers are necessary because of the very nature of corruption

The Guardian - AU

Michael Pascoe: Stop growing the landlord class and focus on ‘taboo’ public housing

That means large-scale investment in public housing to reduce the proportion of people crowding into the failed private rental market.

The New Daily

Confidence high at Spender HQ in Wentworth

Supporters of independent Wentworth challenger Allegra Spender are feeling confident of taking the NSW seat from the Liberals as vote counting continues.

AAP

Michael Pascoe: Housing crisis? Look over there – a puppy!

Neither of the parties that will form government next week wants to confront the nation’s immediate need or offer large-scale investment in public housing.

The New Daily

Stuart Robert says ‘too late’ to debate Tanya Plibersek on education – as it happened

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Morrison pledges $20m for tourism; Shorten tests positive as 44 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

Scott Morrison announces tourism package in Perth and Anthony Albanese pledges funding for manufacturing jobs in Tasmania

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Mackellar malaise: could an independent GP cause an upset in the Liberals’ beachside bastion?

New polling undertaken for her campaign suggests Sophie Scamps could unseat popular Liberal incumbent Jason Falinski

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Coalition scrimps on MPs as Climate 200-backed independents outspend them in key seats

Liberal MP labels teal independents’ digital advertising outlay ‘immoral’ as it surpasses party’s candidates by tens of thousands of dollars

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Change of government would present ‘great opportunity’ in fight to free Julian Assange, his father says

John Shipton, father of the WikiLeaks founder, says ‘of course things would change’ if Labor were elected in May

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NSW Liberals should decide whether Katherine Deves is disendorsed, Marise Payne says

Foreign minister says she has made it ‘explicitly clear’ she does not agree with comments made by Warringah candidate

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‘A different way of doing politics’: Sydney independents reach out to female voters

Across the city, businesswomen disillusioned by male-dominated politics are meeting to throw their support – and money – behind female candidates

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: Federal and NSW Liberal Party delivering for developers

With mud still being hosed out of houses, the NSW Planning Minister scrapped a requirement to consider the risks of floods before building new homes.

The New Daily

Why Jason Falinski’s housing inquiry gives a free pass to the property industry

It’s not surprising that a Senate report on housing affordability chaired by a former property developer gives a free pass to the property industry.

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Inquiry says first home buyers should be able to use super savings as loan security

First home buyers should be allowed to use their super savings as security for a home loan and states should ditch stamp duty in favour of a land tax, according to a parliamentary inquiry into housing affordability in Australia.

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‘The LNP are feeling threatened’: the growing ambition of independents challenging Coalition MPs

‘Voices of’ candidates and other independents, in some cases funded by the Climate 200 group, are putting government seats under pressure

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Speculation on Tudge’s future; integrity commission plans shelved – as it happened

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