The Latest Breaking News from Monique Ryan

Good morning, early birds. Independent candidate for Kooyong Monique Ryan is taking the AEC to court because around 200,000 COVID-positive voters may not be able to vote, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison is going hard on Labor’s costings. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

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 Melbourne the election struggle is a singular and different beast, one to be genteelly restrained in some quarters and pushed boldly in others.

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).

If Albanese wins this election, Morrison’s inability to talk about his preferred subjects could turn out to be a key factor.

Independent candidates are vastly outspending their Liberal counterparts when it comes to online advertising.

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

The wholesome, the cursed and the cringe.

What’s going to happen in 10 days? Here’s a look at some likely scenarios, based on a month-long wander around most of these marginal seats.

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.