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Saturday summary: the pre-poll surge, the drift from the majors and the scourge of ScoMo

A quick cup of tea and a democracy sausage

Newcastle Herald

It's going to be 'very tight' but Joyce says Nats will get Hunter 'humming again'

"This is a town that's going to get smacked if the Labor-Greens get in."

Newcastle Herald

Nationals headed for close Hunter battle

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says his party stands behind the jobs of coalminers ahead of the federal election.

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Liberal and Nationals will be a 'strong voice for sensible energy policy'

We stand on the edge of a new era of opportunity.

Newcastle Herald

Coalition pitches manufacturing policy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is campaigning in the NSW Hunter region as he seeks to pick up Labor seats, after two bad polls for the coalition government.

Crikey

Election diary: Hunter seats bursting with voters

The close of the electoral rolls this week showed that Paterson is the second largest seat out of 151 in Australia.

Newcastle Herald

From the vines to the mines, these are the issues that will decide the 2022 federal election in the Hunter

After the 2019 Federal poll, the electorate of Hunter, once considered a safe Labor seat, tumbled towards marginal territory, largely because of a word that still rules in the region and at the local ballot box - coal.

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Infrastructure props up Nats campaign hope

The Nationals are throwing resources into flipping the seats of the Hunter and Lingiari from Labor but will need to defend territory in Queensland and NSW.

Crikey

Paterson and Hunter the targets of major parties in election campaign

Leaders in Hunter on two-seat lookout

Newcastle Herald

Stuart Bonds standing as Independent in federal seat of Hunter

Stuart Bonds throws hat in election ring as Independent

Newcastle Herald

Businesses in the Hunter want more from politicians than a fear campaign about job losses in the coal industry

Australia's transition to a clean energy future will be a key federal election issue as the corporate owners of the nation’s biggest coal-fired power stations walk away from fossil fuels. Businesses in the Hunter want politicians to back future industries.

ABC News

Joel Fitzgibbon apologises to House for initially failing to declare his new company, Fitzgibbon Advisory

The member for Hunter set up a company called Fitzgibbon Advisory in October last year, but failed to declare it on the register of members' interests until being contacted by the ABC this week.

ABC News

Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon 'well respected'

Long standing Labor MP and former minister Joel Fitzgibbon has given his valedictory speech after 26 years in parliament.

AAP

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

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