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Alan Tudge emerges on WeChat to respond to questions about ‘toxic gender ideology’

Coalition MP, who has been absent from the campaign, stars in three-minute video telling voters to ‘think carefully who you will vote for’

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A matter of preference

Good morning, early birds. The Liberal Party has preferenced WA One Nation Senate candidate and former Liberal MP Paul Filing who compared Premier Mark McGowan’s vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany, and Labor plans to crack down on modern slavery. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

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Abbott urges support for embattled Deves

Former prime minister and Warringah MP Tony Abbott has urged Liberals to get behind controversial candidate Katherine Deves.

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Liberal MPs Have Reportedly Said Morrison Is Allowing A Trans Culture War

Speculations are flying that certain Liberals have been deliberately spreading transphobic views during the federal election campaign to divide voters and create a national trans culture war via the mouthpiece that is Katherine Deves. Political author and commentator for the Age Niki Savva reported in Thursday’s opinion section members of the…

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Matt Kean warns of Trump-like shift in Liberal party if teal independents oust moderates

In election pitch, NSW treasurer says party at risk of becoming like Republicans, with Putin sympathisers and anti-vaxxers

The Guardian - AU

Bus company received contracts before Constance push

A bus company could be raking in thousands of Liberal advertising dollars.

The Canberra Times

A new dynamic in Goldstein: teal turbulence sweeps wealthy Melbourne seat

Small-l liberal voters in the inner-city electorate have seized on Zoe Daniel’s candidacy, while Tim Wilson battles his leader’s unpopularity

The Guardian - AU

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Four in ten Australians say concern over China an election issue - survey

Concern about China will impact the way four in ten Australians vote in this month's national election, according to a university survey that also found voters saw the major political parties as equally well placed to handle the relationship with Beijing.

Reuters

Your Whirlwind Tour Of The Minor Parties Running At The Federal Election

A complete guide covering: the good, the bad and the ones that are poisoning your uncle's Facebook feed.

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Life without Josh: how a Frydenberg loss would change the face of the Liberal Party

Latest polling shows the treasurer is in danger of losing his deep-blue seat of Kooyong. If he does, it would send shockwaves through his party.

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Helen Haines says the current government has gagged debate in parliament more than any government in history. Is that correct?

Independent MP for the seat of Indi, Helen Haines, says the current government has moved to gag debate in parliament more than any government in history. RMIT ABC Fact Check crunches the numbers.

ABC News

WeChat posts spread misinformation saying Labor plans ‘to turn children gay’ and ‘destroy Chinese wealth’

Well-produced posters designed for digital platform carry no authorisation, but mostly support Liberal party

The Guardian - AU

Young voters will inherit a hotter, more dangerous world – but their climate interests are being ignored this election

While there was plenty of heat in Sunday’s night’s debate between Labor and Coalition leaders, one issue was barely mentioned: climate change. This raises a large red flag for Australia’s young voters.

The Conversation

Vic Lib no longer whip after abortion post

Outspoken Victorian Liberal MP Bernie Finn has stepped down as the opposition's upper house whip after rankling colleagues with anti-abortion comments.

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Early voting begins ahead of Australia's May 21 election

Early voting has begun in Australia’s election with the opposition party hoping the first ballots will reflect its lead over the government in opinion polls

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Up for debate

Good morning, early birds. Last night’s heated debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese ended in a 50-50 tie, and the latest Newspoll suggests if we went to the polls right now Labor would win and a hung Parliament would be very unlikely. It’s the news you ned to know,…

The Conversation

As News Corp goes 'rogue' on election coverage, what price will Australian democracy pay?

What does a democracy do when a dominant news media organisation goes rogue during an election campaign?

The Guardian - AU

Dissent and disaffection in the mega mansions and battler suburbs of Boothby

Change is in the air in the blue-ribbon South Australian seat. Will the status quo prevail or will dissatisfaction with both major parties hand it to an independent?

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Political candidates are campaigning hard this election to court Indian-Australian voters. Are their strategies paying off?

Scott Morrison is not the only politician trying to influence the Indian-Australian voter. Candidates across the spectrum are seeing Australia's Indian diaspora as a demographic of growing influence — and working hard to woo them.

Newcastle Herald

Pub Test panel: no room for green ideals in a not-so 'broad church'

While they are not agreed on the future of Australia's energy landscape, our panellists see climate policy as an election decider.

Crikey

Turnbull urges independent vote in latest attack on prime minister

Malcolm Turnbull is encouraging voters to abandon the Liberal Party and switch their allegiance to independent challengers.

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‘Democracy can heal itself’: Kate Chaney’s Curtin journey, from disillusionment to optimism

Teal independent Kate Chaney may come from Liberal lineage but she’s making her own way in an area disillusioned with the status quo.

ABC News

Malcolm Turnbull says voters will consider independent candidates in blue-ribbon Liberal seats because party has lost its way

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull denies he is encouraging voters in traditional Liberal strongholds to consider backing so-called 'teal independents', but argues his party could be about to get a wake-up call at the upcoming election.

The Guardian - AU

Malcolm Turnbull says Australians are ‘voting with their feet’ to support teal independents in election

Former PM tells Washington Harvard Club the rise of the independents could mean the ‘capture’ of the Liberal party is thwarted by ‘direct democratic action’ in the 2022 federal election

The Guardian - AU

Independents slam ‘dirty tactic’, reporting fake campaign signs; 30 Covid deaths – as it happened

Scott Morrison won’t say if he will resign in case of hung parliament and Anthony Albanese backs royal commission into pandemic

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