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Liberal candidate Katherine Deves apologises for likening her activism against transgender athletes to standing up against the Holocaust

A controversial candidate in a prized former Liberal Party seat apologises after a YouTube video emerged in which she compared her lobbying to stop transgender athletes from competing in women's sport to standing up against the Holocaust.

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Hope? Contempt? Reciprocity? How each political party's election ads reveal their key messages

The federal election campaign is underway and political advertising has really started to ramp up. But who is the target audience for each party’s ad, what are their key messages and how effective will they be?

The Conversation

State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia

Over the next six weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese will dash around the country, trying to secure as many precious votes as they can.

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Morrison government unnecessarily extended plum jobs worth up to $500,000 ahead of federal election

Plum jobs worth up to $500,000 a year were extended to Liberal Party-linked individuals by the Morrison government in the lead-up to the election, and many were not due to end for another two years.

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AEC warns voters to ‘think twice’ before giving details to political parties offering to register their postal vote ahead of election

Australian political parties reaching out to you with postal vote registration forms ahead of election day may be just as interested in your personal data as helping you cast a ballot.

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Liberal candidate Allison Bluck apologises over false claim involving woman with similar name

SA Liberal candidate Allison Bluck apologises for telling voters she runs a nature trail on Kangaroo Island — a position actually held by a woman called Alison Buck.

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Key battleground for federal election gets personal as more candidates join race

The battle for one marginal seat could come down to wild-card candidates, as the race turns personal in the Western Sydney federal seat of Parramatta.

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Severe storms nothing new for our beaches

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Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese in battle to be prime minister as Australia heads to election

Both men have spent a good part of their lives in politics but, come May 21, one will be prime minister and the other will likely face the end of his political career.

ABC News

Labor pulling ahead in Paterson survey

A survey of voters in the marginal seat of Paterson suggests that incumbent Labor member Meryl Swanson will be returned.

Newcastle Herald

Australia PM Morrison first to serve full term in 15 years

In at least one sense, Scott Morrison is the most successful Australian prime minister in years

The Independent UK

Women have been at the centre of political debate in the past two years. Will they decide the 2022 election?

After months of speculation, Australians will go to the polls on May 21.

The Conversation

Not so fast ... we've all made the odd mistake

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Liberal Party leadership contest widens to include Adelaide Hills MP Josh Teague

Former lower house speaker Josh Teague puts his hand up to replace outgoing SA Liberal leader Steven Marshall, weeks after the party's electoral drubbing.

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Edgy encounter highlights desire for 'fair go'

RE: "Prime Minister Scott Morrison confronted by angry punter on a visit to Edgeworth Tavern, Herald online 6/4".

Evening Standard

Norman Scott from A Very English Scandal releases blockbuster biography

The former stable hand, who claimed in court that the Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe tried to have him killed, has written his side of the story

AAP

Court rejects Liberal candidate challenge

The High Court has rejected a special leave application from a former Liberal Party member challenging federal intervention in the selection of NSW candidates.

ABC News

Clive Palmer says United Australia Party will preference major parties last at federal election

Clive Palmer says the United Australia Party will preference the Liberal Party, Labor and the Greens last on all its how-to-vote cards at the upcoming federal election.

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Our PM's very good at pointing the finger

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Michael Towke Says A Minister Texted Him Support Amid The Racism Allegations Against The PM

Towke alleged the unnamed Cabinet Minister said 'I believe you' in a text.

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberal member seeking to challenge federal intervention in high court expelled from party

Businessman Matthew Camenzuli has party membership stripped after launching legal bid over preselection process

AAP

Tas Liberal grants lack fairness: report

An Integrity Commission Tasmania report has found $21 million in pre-election grants announced by the state Liberal Party were distributed without fairness.

AAP

'Childish' LNP trick blasted by Albanese

A move by the Liberal National Party to hijack a web domain bearing the opposition leader's name has been labelled "childish" and lacking integrity by Labor.

ABC News

Integrity Commission highly critical of Tasmanian Liberals' grants program ahead of 2018 election

A bombshell Integrity Commission report on "pork-barrelling" during Tasmania's 2018 state election campaign has raised questions over tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money given out by the state's Liberal Party.

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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says Liberal Party infighting over preselections was a 'debacle'

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet welcomes a court win over preselections but says the internal Liberal battle has been "less than ideal" ahead of the federal election.

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