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The battles in the most high-profile teal seats have become nail-biters, not least because some “soft” voters in these previously safe Liberal heartland electorates are leaving their decisions until very late.

It's less than a week until election day and the ultra-marginal seat of Eden-Monaro seems to be pulling further away from its bellwether status.

Choose your fighter.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised on Saturday to be more empathetic if he wins re-election, as his government continues to trail the opposition Labor Party a week before a general election.

Federal Labor says Prime Minister Scott Morrison broke the "trust and faith" of Australia's most important ally in a stoush over the AUKUS security pact.

The south coast NSW seat is crucial for the major parties, but with disaster recovery, mental health and the environment front and centre, the result is far from certain.

Biden administration reportedly said defence alliance needed bipartisan support, but opposition was not told until day before it was announced

A Chinese intelligence ship tracked off Australia's west coast within 50 nautical miles of a sensitive defence facility did not breach international maritime laws, Australia said on Saturday.

"Both leaders are playing the man not the ball. I find that very poor in an election process."

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).

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