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Scott Morrison renews support for trans women sport ban amid senator’s fundraising drive

‘I’ll have more to say about that at another time,’ PM tells reporters on election campaign trail

The Guardian - AU

Tasmania has 'a habit' of large seat swings, and this election won't be any different, experts say

The marginal Tasmanian electorates of Bass, Braddon and Lyons are likely to get plenty of visits from federal politicians over the six weeks before the election.

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NSW and Tasmania first stops on party leaders' federal election campaign trail

Australians living in marginal seats can expect a barrage of attention from the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader as the pair kick off the first full day of the election campaign in seats they're hoping to flip.

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Campaign Insights: media data shows issues running hard against Morrison

Crikey’s Campaign Insights, undertaken in partnership with Isentia, examine media coverage of issues and candidates in the coming election. And it has started off poorly for the Prime Minister.

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Campaign Insights: Media data shows issues running hard against Morrison

In partnership with Isentia, Campaign Insights examines media coverage of issues and candidates in the coming election. And things have started poorly for the PM.

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With Scott Morrison on the nose in parts of the country, Liberal MPs may want ‘permission to distance’

Voters have cooled on the prime minister, particularly in the cities, so some government members want the focus on them – not the man in the Lodge

The Guardian - AU

From a China frenzy to casual transphobia, PM is on the hunt for disaffected but highly motivated voters

Scott Morrison has spent the past week hot on the trail of two wars – one lethal, the other cultural – as he tries to sniff out a path to election victory

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‘A vanity bill’: Bridget Archer condemns fellow government MP’s single-sex sports proposal

Claire Chandler’s Sex Discrimination Act amendment would permit sporting groups to exclude transgender people from single-sex competitions

The Guardian - AU

Coalition pledges $804m to ensure Antarctica is ‘free from conflict’

Drones, autonomous vehicles and helicopters will aid research and exploration in the increasingly contested region

The Guardian - AU

Second Liberal threatens to vote against government to bring on corruption watchdog debate

Several Liberals have quietly spoken of the need to work across the aisle to introduce a federal integrity commission before the election — now two are saying they are prepared to vote against the government to make it happen.

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‘Regain respect’: Liberals break ranks on corruption commission

Two Liberal MPs have signalled support for a federal anti-corruption body just days after the government decided to dump a pledge to establish one.

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Minister asked why refugees still stuck in Park hotel if not security risks – as it happened

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‘I did what was right’: Liberal rebel Fiona Martin on the change that sank the religious discrimination bill

The Reid MP, who provided the decisive third vote, is now being accused of breaking her promise not to cross the floor

The Guardian - AU

Bridget Archer and Stephen Jones take a lone stand against religious discrimination bill

As Parliament debated a bill that would allow discrimination against trans kids, only two MPs spoke out against it. Here’s what they said.

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Lower house sits late to continue religious discrimination bill debate – as it happened

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Rule the schools

Good morning, early birds. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has obtained partyroom support for the religious discrimination bill despite an amendment that allows schools to expel transgender kids, and the Coalition is refusing to release a major report about the care workforce. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma…

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A Liberal MP Won’t Support The Religious Discrimination Bill Bc It Doesn’t Protect Trans Kids

Tassie MP Bridget Archer has confirmed that she'll vote against the Bill.

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Liberal MP to vote against religious discrimination bill that fails to protect transgender students

Bridget Archer tells parliament she is ‘horrified’ and draft legislation ‘may risk lives’ while Ian Thorpe says it amounts to ‘state-sanctioned discrimination’

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Labor MP Stephen Jones calls for Religious Discrimination Bill to not be rushed through parliament

Paying tribute to his nephew Ollie, who recently took his own life, Shadow Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones says the Religious Discrimination Bill in its current form is ill-designed.

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Moderate Liberals threaten to cross floor to oppose religious discrimination bill they say goes too far

Several government MPs are threatening to cross the floor against a vote on protections for religious people, saying the current bill goes too far in privileging religious rights.

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MP to cross floor on discrimination bill

Tasmanian MP Bridget Archer could cross the floor to vote against the federal government's long-awaited religious discrimination laws.

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