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EXPLAINER: How do Australian parties differ on key issues?

Australia’s center-left opposition Labor Party has outspent the ruling conservative Liberal Party-led coalition in election promises during the six-week campaign

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Bass MP denies distancing from Liberals

Bridget Archer says she is not distancing herself from the coalition despite new ads with no mention of the party branding on it.

Crikey

The lettuce election: how the cost of living mugged leaders

No one would expect a simple head of iceberg lettuce to impact a federal election. But the overpriced vegetable set off a chain reaction.

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On the campaign’s final, frantic day, Morrison and Albanese blitz marginal seats

It’s the final day of the campaign — thank God for that.

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Australians ‘uniformly worried’ about economy on election eve

Opposition Labor party maintains lead ahead of Saturday election amid rising uncertainty about the future.

Al Jazeera

Biden in Asia: New friends, old tensions, storms at home

President Joe Biden hopes to use his visit to Asia to confirm his belief that long-standing friendships can afford to become even friendlier — and pay dividends

The Independent UK

Morrison first recent Australian leader to survive 3 years

Scott Morrison has become the most successful Australian prime minister in years just by standing for reelection on Saturday

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Australia set to go to polls in expected close election

Australians will go to the polls Saturday following a six-week election campaign that has focused on pandemic-fueled inflation, climate change and fears of a Chinese military outpost being established less than 1,200 miles off Australia’s shore

The Independent UK

Inflation is rising twice as fast as wages — and the PM doesn’t seem to care

Opposing the push for a rise in the minimum wage says a lot about who Scott Morrison governs for. It’s not all of us.

Crikey

Chinese-language publisher offers election candidates gushing praise on WeChat. But the flattery comes with a price tag

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.

ABC News

Cabinet committee blocked plan to double Australia’s support to Pacific, election-eve leak reveals

‘Extraordinary’ revelation about national security decision shows the government is ‘falling apart’, Labor says

The Guardian - AU

The seats Labor and the Coalition need for victory

The magic number for majority government is 76 lower house seats. Here are the possible scenarios

The Guardian - AU

Candidates criss-cross Australia on eve of 'close' election

Melbourne (AFP) - Anthony Albanese, the centre-left frontrunner to become Australia's next prime minister, predicted a "close" result in Saturday's election, as he barnstormed the country in a bid to end a decade of conservative rule.

AFP

Laura Tingle laments ‘stupid and depressing’ election campaign as Morrison dodges ABC debate

7.30 political correspondent labels grilling of Anthony Albanese over costings ‘embarrassing’ for journalists. Plus: Kennedy awards take a bizarre turn

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Australia election: voters to go to polls in battle of ‘bulldozer’ and ‘builder’

Opposition Labor party’s lead in polls has narrowed in final week of an attritional campaign

Crikey

Economy changes despite political boasts

There has been a marked change in the Australian economy in a matter of weeks and largely out of the hands of campaigning politicians.

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Fierce battle of messaging marks the dying days of the campaign

Isentia’s Campaign Insights data shows both leaders being forced to widen their messaging across the campaign — which has not served either of them well.

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When everything else is disrupted, why not politics? Surely it needs it

Federal politics is defined by state capture. Tomorrow must start the process of destroying the vectors for the capture of government by powerful interests.

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For Scott Morrison, this should have been the unloseable election

Australia came through COVID better off than most of the world. That the government can’t win an election on that falls squarely on the PM.

Reuters

Cost of living in focus as Australia's election race hits final stretch

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison criss-crossed the country in a final day of campaigning, insisting he could still win Saturday's election despite polls pointing to a change of government or hung parliament.

ABC News

Scott Morrison says the government's proposed integrity commission would have the powers of a royal commission. Is that correct?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government's proposed model for a federal integrity commission would have the powers of a royal commission. RMIT ABC Fact Check compares the two.

Reuters

Factbox-Australian democracy at a glance

Australians will vote in a general election on Saturday. The two main groups are the ruling conservative Liberal-National coalition and the opposition Labor Party, and there is a competitive cohort of independent and minor party candidates.

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Independents’ day prediction at ballot box

Independent candidates in several key seats could topple the incumbents and deliver a history-making election for Australia, data analysis suggests.

AAP

Independents' day prediction at ballot box

Independent candidates in several key seats could topple the major party incumbents and deliver a history-making election for Australia, data analysis suggests.

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PM denies national security cabinet leak

Scott Morrison refused to comment on the veracity of reports he rejected increased Pacific aid spending before the Solomons signed a security pact with China.

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