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Party faithful hear leaders' gospel in final poll push

Better health care under Labor and an end to soaring living costs under the coalition are the key messages being pushed in the election campaign's dying days.

AAP

PM offers look to future, warns Dutton is a step back

The prime minister has painted the opposition as a regression to the past while offering his party up as having the solutions for the future.

AAP

Election Diary: Albanese promises around-the-clock health line, with leaders to hold rallies

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will launch another push on health on Sunday, announcing a re-elected Labor government would set up a free around-the-clock 1800MEDICARE advice line and afterhours GP telehealth service.

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Peter Dutton urges respect for welcome to country but reaffirms stance on ‘one flag’ only

Opposition leader repeats condemnation of dawn service interruptions but says if he wins election he won’t display Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island flags at press conferences

The Guardian - AU

Leaders ease off on messaging as Aussies tune out

On a day light on for policy announcements, polling showed the major parties are struggling to convince voters they're capable of improving their lot.

AAP

Hammer and tongs: PM urges supporters to 'go hard'

Anthony Albanese has urged Labor loyalists to keep their foot on the gas as the campaign enters its final stretch.

AAP

The great Australian election campaign quiz – week four

Are you rounding the turn into the home straight, kicking with the wind in the final quarter or falling at the final hurdle? Test your attention span with a week to go before (final) polling day

The Guardian - AU

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Australian politicians lambast ‘neo-Nazi hecklers’ at Anzac Day memorial service

Anzac Day commemorates anniversary of first major military action by Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I

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Hecklers and booers at Anzac Day welcome to country ‘must face the full force of the law’, PM says

Anthony Albanese says disruption of ceremonies in Melbourne and Perth was ‘act of low cowardice on a day when we honour courage and sacrifice’

The Guardian - AU

Election Diary: Dutton tops list of most distrusted, amid deepening voter cynicism about political leaders

In this election, voters are more distrustful than ever of politicians, and the political heroes of 2022 have fallen from grace, swept from favour by independent players.

The Conversation

Experts unplug Peter Dutton's power bill rise figure

Experts say Peter Dutton's often-repeated campaign claim that power bills have increased by $1300 is misleading and based on cherry-picked data.

AAP

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.

The Conversation

Watching the election from afar, I can’t help but wonder – is this really the best Australia can do?

With neither leader offering any serious structural reform, Australia is on a path that leads ultimately to the malaise that has befallen the US

The Guardian - AU

Anzac Day 2025 live updates – as it happened

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Politics put aside as leaders pay respect on Anzac Day

Australia's political leaders call an election campaign truce to attend dawn services and remember the sacrifice of servicemen and women.

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'Messy' campaign has Dutton in peril amid poll plunge

Peter Dutton's unpopularity is driving a continued fall in support for the coalition, polling suggests, amid questions over the opposition's electoral strategy.

The Conversation

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.

The Guardian - AU

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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The Guardian - AU

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

AAP

High steaks: Nats' food security plan protects farmers

The coalition has pledged to prioritise developing a food security strategy to protect farmers and ensure wholesale savings flow through to shoppers.

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Albo Addresses Labor Candidate’s Resurfaced Tweet Depicting Dutton As A Nazi

"Ali France is an extraordinary Australian and I don’t know what your tweets are like more than a decade ago,” Albanese said at a press conference in Perth.

International Business Times

Australia To Stockpile Critical Minerals In Strategic Reserve

Australia will stockpile critical minerals in a new strategic reserve, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, as nations scramble to source rare earths and coveted metals outside China.

The Guardian - AU

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

The Guardian - AU

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

AAP

PM out to prove he's best for the west in mining, rail

In his third visit to Western Australia while campaigning, Anthony Albanese hopes sandgroper parochialism will help pave a path to victory.

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