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From the man ‘with the planet-sized brain’ to the hippest indie on the planet — my, what a choice you have, Mackellar

Less than 20 kilometres separated two election events toting different hues of blue in Sydney’s northern beaches — but attendees seemed in different worlds.

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Too close to call? Mackellar needs a 13% swing, but it’s still going to be close

The northern beaches electorate may look like a millionaires’ playground to outsiders, but its population is surprisingly diverse.

Crikey

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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He’s young, green and Green, everything this election should be about: the future

Ethan Hrnjak is 18, and looks even younger, but he’s smart, passionate and determined to ‘give my generation a voice’.

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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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Welcome to Mackellar, where a sunburnt, flood-ravaged nation will not be looking come election night — or will it?

The Mackellar electorate has been a traditionally safe Liberal seat for more than seven decades. Could that change this election?

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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 Guardian - AU

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

The Guardian - AU

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

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