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As Albanese heads to the Quad, what are the security challenges facing Australia's new government?

Extreme weather events are the new normal. The use of nuclear weapons by Vladimir Putin’s Russian military is now an unthinkable possibility. And Xi Jinping’s China, our largest trading partner and rising superpower, is pulling down the shutters.

The Conversation

Anthony Albanese's rise from humble beginnings to the prime ministership

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is a politician moulded by his humble start to life as the only child of a single mother who raised him on a pension in gritty inner-Sydney suburbia.

ABC News

Letters: courage in the face of cancer

Deborah James’s eloquence and bravery reduced one reader to tears. But, asks another, can there really be a ‘good death’?

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Anthony Albanese: Who is Australia’s prime minister-elect?

Anthony Albanese has led his Labor Party to victory in the election, ending nine years of conservative rule.

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Australia's new leader overcame crash, party coup rumblings

Sydney (AFP) - Anthony Albanese, Australia's 31st prime minister, was rushed to hospital a year ago, after a four-wheel-drive slammed into his car.

AFP

Albanese wins with a modest program – but the times may well suit him

Labor’s successful bid for government – only its fifth victory from opposition since the first world war – was based on an experiment that no one could have known would work.

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Election 2022: 24 key seats to watch tonight ahead of an election result

Polls have closed in the eastern states and the counting has started. Keep an eye on these key seats which could change hands and decide the election result.

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Morrison first recent Australian leader to survive 3 years

Scott Morrison has become the most successful Australian prime minister in years just by standing for reelection on Saturday

The Independent UK

Factbox-Australian democracy at a glance

Australians will vote in a general election on Saturday. The two main groups are the ruling conservative Liberal-National coalition and the opposition Labor Party, and there is a competitive cohort of independent and minor party candidates.

Reuters

Australia PM contender overcame crash, party coup rumblings

Sydney (AFP) - Anthony Albanese, the man narrowly favoured to become Australia's prime minister after May 21 elections, was rushed to hospital last year after a four-wheel-drive slammed into his car.

AFP

The Coalition says Labor has a plan to introduce a 'sneaky carbon tax'. Is there any evidence?

The Coalition has been running a campaign to convince you that Labor plans to introduce a 'sneaky carbon tax'. But is there any evidence to their claims, or is it just a scare campaign?

ABC News

State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign

In the first week of the campaign, we journeyed around the country with six politics experts to examine the key seats and issues affecting different parts of the Australia.

The Conversation

Why the NBN still matters — and how it can be improved after the election

Australia has spent billions on the NBN yet its speeds are still bad — at least compared to other countries. How did we end up here? And why aren't we hearing more about internet infrastructure this election?

ABC News

The flinty pragmatist who will now be Aussie PM

He's set to be the next Australian Prime Minister. So who is Anthony Albanese? Paul Strangio, Professor of Politics at Monash University, profiles a man on the cusp of history.

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If the polls are right, he may soon be the next Australian prime minister. So who is Anthony Albanese?

Today we are running two longer articles looking at the men who are vying to be the next Australian prime minister. You can read Michelle Grattan’s profile of Scott Morrison here.

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‘He can’t change’: Labor attacks Scott Morrison’s character at Brisbane rally

Just across the Brisbane River from the Coalition’s official campaign launch on Sunday Labor was doing all it could to smother Scott Morrison’s momentum.

AAP

Albanese outlines Queensland voter pitch

Anthony Albanese has addressed the party faithful at a rally in Brisbane, as Labor tries to win back crucial Queensland seats.

The Guardian - AU

Social work as a political strategy: Greens aim to grow a grassroots campaign in a Brisbane seat

Party’s bid to build community campaign based on meaningful relationships may not result in victory, expert says

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Kevin Rudd attacks ‘idiot’ Peter Dutton over ‘hairy-chested’ comments on China

Former Labor PM says if China wanted a reset with Australia he ‘could not think of a dumber thing to do’ than the Solomon Islands deal

AAP

Concern China dominated Solomons diplomacy

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd and former foreign minister Julie Bishop discussed Australia's relationship with China and Beijing's interest in the region.

Crikey

There’s a poll in your bucket…

Good morning, early birds. According to a new poll Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will probably lose his blue-ribbon seat to independent Monique Ryan, and there was heavy rainfall and flash flooding in Queensland’s north overnight. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

ABC News

Greens determined to topple decades-long Labor dominance in marginal inner-Brisbane seat of Griffith

A three-way contest is likely for the marginal federal seat of Griffith in Brisbane, held by Labor’s Terri Butler since 2014. With the same cast as 2019 of Ms Butler, Greens candidate Max Chandler-Mather and the LNP’s Olivia Roberts, who will come out on top this time around?

Crikey

Could the Labor seat of Griffith flip Green this election?

It would be rather foolhardy to believe Kevin Rudd’s old electorate will remain safely in ALP hands after May 21.

The Conversation

Times are tough, and may get tougher, so where can Australians find strong political leadership?

In troubled times, people look for strong leaders – men and women who offer decisive action to address collective problems, and promise the capacity to deliver. They initially present as larger-than-life characters, and we’ve had our share of them: Robert Menzies, Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and perhaps Kevin…

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese open to cabinet reshuffle if Labor wins election

Opposition leader says all his frontbenchers are worthy of their roles but that caucus would have its say if the ALP defeats the Coalition on 21 May

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