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Today we are running two longer articles looking at the men who are vying to be the next Australian prime minister. You can read Paul Strangio’s profile of Anthony Albanese here.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison uses the Liberal Party's campaign launch in Brisbane to announce a plan to allow first home buyers to use their superannuation to purchase a property.

With prominent independents creating unusual contests in some seats, voters may be confused about how to allocate preferences. But there is a simple solution

Good morning, early birds. The Liberal Party has preferenced WA One Nation Senate candidate and former Liberal MP Paul Filing who compared Premier Mark McGowan’s vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany, and Labor plans to crack down on modern slavery. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

The Liberals have used John Howard extensively during this campaign. These days, they celebrate their party hero as the great winner. He was, however, the last Liberal prime minister to take his party into the wilderness.

Former prime minister and Warringah MP Tony Abbott has urged Liberals to get behind controversial candidate Katherine Deves.

Independent MP for the seat of Indi, Helen Haines, says the current government has moved to gag debate in parliament more than any government in history. RMIT ABC Fact Check crunches the numbers.

‘At no point in my lifetime has the ABC been more important than it is today,’ says Kerry O’Brien in one campaign video

New polling undertaken for her campaign suggests Sophie Scamps could unseat popular Liberal incumbent Jason Falinski

Bold ideas are missing from the parental leave offerings from both Labor and the Coalition — at the exact time they are needed.

The minority government led by Julia Gillard had more success passing legislation than Scott Morrison’s Coalition, analysis shows