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‘His beating heart is a focus group’ - What makes Morrison tick

Veteran Australian political writer Michelle Grattan weighs the factors ranged against PM Scott Morrison winning again in the election this Saturday

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'His beating heart is a focus group': what makes Scott Morrison tick?

Today we are running two longer articles looking at the men who are vying to be the next Australian prime minister. You can read Paul Strangio’s profile of Anthony Albanese here.

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Cricketer Symonds killed in car crash

Retired Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds has been killed in a car crash in Far North Queensland, prompting widespread tributes for a 'great' of the game.

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Labor retains large Newspoll lead but Albanese's ratings fall; special poll gives Labor clear House majority

A Newspoll, conducted May 10-13 from a sample of 1,532, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, unchanged from the previous week’s Newspoll. Primary votes were 38% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (steady), 11% Greens (steady), 6% One Nation (up one), 3% UAP (down one) and 7% all Others (up one).

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ALP won't over-commit for votes: Albanese

A Labor government will be happy to work with state premiers on hospital funding but will not make promises it cannot keep, leader Anthony Albanese says.

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Aspen Medical was given more than $1 billion in government PPE contracts despite no experience in large-scale procurement

Private healthcare company Aspen Medical was given more than $1 billion in government PPE contracts, despite having no experience in large-scale procurement, a Four Corners investigation reveals.

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The Australian has launched a new youth title. But who exactly is it for? And why?

The broadsheet’s new site, the Oz, went live on Wednesday, in a largely derided grab at a market that’s almost impossible to win over

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Labor maintains election-winning leads in Newspoll and Ipsos, as opposition to unveil Pacific initiatives

Labor has maintained unchanged its solid two-party leads in both Newspoll and the Australian Financial Review’s Ipsos poll.

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Major parties rule out deals with independents – as it happened

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Does Labor plan to force the top 200 energy users and producers to cut emissions by 25%?

Angus Taylor claims that to be the opposition’s aim but Chris Bowen says it’s a target ‘more than two-thirds of the companies already have’

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There is ‘no one News Corp view’ on election, head of company’s Australian arm tells staff

News Corp Australasia executive chairman issues all-staff memo, with scrutiny on election coverage likely to increase

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The Coalition says Labor plans to introduce a 'death tax' if it is elected. Is there any evidence?

Since 2019, the Coalition has been running a campaign to convince you Labor will introduce a "death tax" if elected. But is there any evidence?

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I was targeted by Murdoch-owned media for supporting independent candidates and their climate agendas

The candidates I speak up for want to do more than send prayers as another climate disaster hits – it is so important they get into power

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Australia to send armored vehicles to Ukraine after request

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says it will send armored Bushmaster vehicles to Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy specifically asked for them during a video appeal to Australian lawmakers for more help in its war against Russia

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Is News Corp following through on its climate change backflip? My analysis suggests not

Several months ago, Australia’s Murdoch media news outlets launched a new climate change campaign. Can a leopard change its spots? It seems not

The Guardian - AU

Oz editor-in-chief rages against the ‘tearing down’ of News Corp journalism

Christopher Dore says some critics make him ‘cringe’. Plus: ‘Furries’ at elite Brisbane school?

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Is News Corp following through on its climate change backflip? My analysis of its flood coverage suggests not

Several months ago, Australia’s Murdoch media news outlets launched a new climate change campaign advocating a path toward net-zero emissions by 2050. The launch included a 16-page wraparound supplement in all of its tabloids supporting the need for climate action.

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Queensland premier admits ‘blurring’ of lobbying rules may require changes to the law

Comments come amid questions over the duties of Annastacia Palaszczuk’s former deputy chief of staff at a Labor-aligned lobbying firm

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Paul Bongiorno: Scott Morrison consoles himself his opponent is no Malinauskas – it won’t matter

The shellacking the South Australian Liberal government suffered at the weekend spells big trouble for the Morrison government in Canberra.

The Guardian - AU

Reporters deliver ‘a fraction of the horror’ from Ukraine’s war zone to Australia’s lounge rooms

Seven’s Chris Reason among Australian journalists reporting from Kyiv despite ongoing danger. Plus: Age columnist walks after Claire Lehmann furore

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Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is sitting pretty for the election – so what could possibly go wrong?

Polls this week were once again music to Labor ears. Newspoll showed the opposition maintaining its strong election-winning margin. A poll in selected Western Australian seats had the Morrison government on the nose.

The Guardian - AU

‘Extraordinarily disrespectful’: Albanese hits back after Labor senators dubbed ‘mean girls’

Rebuke followed story in The Australian about alleged disagreements between Kimberley Kitching and a group of female Labor senators

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What could China’s zero Covid strategy mean for Australian business?

How will rising case numbers and tens of millions of people under strict lockdown affect local supply chains and Australia’s economy?

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The Australian’s coverage of Zachary Rolfe verdict condemned as ‘a national disgrace’

News Corp paper published multiple negative stories about Kumanjayi Walker and body camera footage from night he was killed

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Anthony Albanese rules out Labor inquiry into treatment of Kimberley Kitching before her death

Anthony Albanese rules out an investigation into reports former Labor senator Kimberley Kitching had been chastised and ostracised by some of her senior female colleagues, with the federal Labor Leader rejecting suggestions his party has a cultural problem.

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