The Latest Breaking News from Monique Ryan

The Liberal Party has denied authorising green-coloured signs telling voters to "put Labor last".

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conspicuous absence from five battleground seats has underscored his greatest challenge this election.

A mysterious media agency is behind a fee-for-service offering to federal election candidates, including Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, placement of favourable news articles and interviews on the Chinese-language social media platform WeChat.

Anyone who tested positive after 6pm last Friday will be eligible to use phone service after independent candidate threatens legal action over issue

The electoral commission has expanded telephone voting to tens of thousands of people in isolation with COVID-19, amid disenfranchisement fears.

All Australians with COVID-19 will be able to vote under rule changes requested by the Australian electoral commissioner.

Friday: Teal independent plans legal action after AEC says some Covid-positive people ‘may not be able to vote’. Plus: the moments that lit up the campaign

Teal independent says she will lodge federal court challenge as AEC admits people who tested positive early this week but didn’t register for postal ballot ‘may not be able to vote’ in Saturday’s federal election

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.

A Newspoll, conducted May 10-13 from a sample of 1,532, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, unchanged from the previous week’s Newspoll. Primary votes were 38% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (steady), 11% Greens (steady), 6% One Nation (up one), 3% UAP (down one) and 7% all Others (up one).

Each week we ask experts to break down political advertisements: who are the candidates trying to reach, and are they succeeding?