The Latest Breaking News from Monique Ryan

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?

Dozens of independent candidates in this election are demonstrating that women are not passive actors but forces of change in our democracy, writes Yasmin Poole.

The Australian Electoral Commission is investigating a series of doctored posters that have appeared overnight incorrectly showing the names and faces of "teal" independent candidates with the Greens logo.

As he faces off against a popular independent, the treasurer is pleading with unhappy Liberal voters to keep him as their local member

Labor needs to gain seven seats to form majority government while the Coalition must offset any losses with gains elsewhere

The public don’t have much regard for journalists and many people will be critical of the “gotcha” questioning that found Anthony Albanese on Thursday unable to recite the six points of his policy on the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Scott Morrison shrugs off a frank character assessment from one of the commissioners of the New South Wales anti-corruption watchdog, who labelled critics of his organisation as "buffoons".

Kooyong candidate Monique Ryan's family is again in the spotlight, after her brother made a series of posts critical of her opponent, including labelling Treasurer Josh Frydenberg "poisonous".