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• Three challenges for Dutton in landing the backflip on working from home

  06-04-2025 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The opposition leader has made a necessary decision to stage a big policy shift so he can assure voters – especially women.
  
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• Best of cartoons, April 15, 2025

  14-04-2025 13:53 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Live: Housing ministers go head-to-head on key voting issue

  14-04-2025 13:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Housing ministers face-off on Q+A after big-spending pledges for first home buyers in campaign launches yesterday. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Housing ministers face off on Q+A on key voting issue

  14-04-2025 13:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Housing ministers face-off on Q+A after big-spending pledges for first home buyers in campaign launches yesterday. Follow live. 
  
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• Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Zoe Daniel reports car doxxing on social media to police; Kooyong in full swing

  14-04-2025 11:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Follow our in-depth coverage of key electorates with on-the-ground reporting of all the candidates moves.
  
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• Parties hit marginal seats to sell their housing policies

  14-04-2025 11:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader insist their big spending promises will help restore the great Australian dream, and not put it further out of reach.
  
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• As it happened: Albanese, Dutton signature policies revealed; economists warn of house price surge

  14-04-2025 10:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton continue campaigning ahead of the federal election on May 3. Follow live. 
  
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• Trump backlash shifts voters from Dutton to Albanese: poll

  14-04-2025 10:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The shift has cut support for the Coalition to 46.5 per cent in two-party terms, while Labor is within sight of holding majority government.
  
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• PM brushes off Plibersek question as MPs jostle for seat at cabinet table

  14-04-2025 10:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Plibersek has made fun of her awkward greeting with the prime minister at Labor’s campaign launch on Sunday, saying she “should’ve done an elbow bump” instead.
  
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• Trumpet of Patriots candidate facing criminal charges stands in Dutton's seat

  14-04-2025 08:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Michael Norman Jessop, who will stand in the Brisbane electorate of Dickson, says he will fight what he describes as "trumped-up" charges, including stalking and weapons possession. 
  
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• PM wants Australia to co-host 2026 UN climate conference

  14-04-2025 08:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese has confirmed that if he is re-elected, his party will formally bid for South Australia to host a future International Climate Change Conference.
  
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• Dutton refuses to answer when asked if he’ll help his son buy a house

  14-04-2025 07:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Peter Dutton has made $30 million worth of property transactions during his life, but would not say if he would help his children with deposits.
  
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• Dutton, Albanese duck questions about policies that could ‘fuel the housing price fire’

  14-04-2025 07:49 via smh.com.au
  
  Peter Dutton’s son told the media he was saving madly for a deposit. New figures suggest Labor and Liberal housing policies could make the task even harder.
  
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• Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Kooyong in full swing, money on wheels in Wills, One Nation pins Bruce hopes on migrant candidate

  14-04-2025 07:43 via smh.com.au
  
  Follow our in-depth coverage of key electorates with on-the-ground reporting of all the candidates moves.
  
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• Federal Court to decide cattle industry payout for 2011 live export ban

  14-04-2025 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Northern Australia's cattle industry is once again battling the government at the Federal Court, seeking compensation that reflects its losses from the export ban.
  
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• Cattle industry back in court chasing final payout for live export ban

  14-04-2025 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Northern Australia's cattle industry is once again battling the government at the Federal Court, seeking compensation that reflects its losses from the export ban.
  
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• Plibersek laughs off awkward interaction with PM

  14-04-2025 07:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Tanya Plibersek has laughed off her awkward interaction with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Labor's campaign launch, saying she should have gone in for a pandemic-era elbow bump instead.
  
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• Dutton says he wants house prices to 'steadily increase' in Australia

  14-04-2025 05:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he wants to see house prices "steadily increase", as both leaders face questions over major policies targeting Australia's housing crisis. 
  
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• Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Kooyong in full swing, money on wheels in Wills

  14-04-2025 04:18 via smh.com.au
  
  Follow our in-depth coverage of key electorates with on-the-ground reporting of all the candidates moves.
  
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• What happens in the Situation Room?

  14-04-2025 02:53 via abc.net.au
  
  The Situation Room is a command centre in the West Wing of the White House. But what is it for and what really goes on there? Planet America’s John Barron explains.
  
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• Albanese v Dutton: what are they offering on housing, taxes, health

  14-04-2025 02:50 via smh.com.au
  
  New tax and housing policies are latecomers to the campaign agenda that will dominate debate. Medicare and a nuclear energy fight are also in the conversation.
  
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• Plibersek laughs off awkward exchange with Albanese at Labor launch

  14-04-2025 02:14 via smh.com.au
  
  Plibersek has made fun of her awkward greeting with the prime minister at Labor’s campaign launch on Sunday, saying she “should’ve done an elbow bump” instead.
  
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• Labor’s symbol-heavy campaign launch highlights key challenge in WA

  13-04-2025 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese chose Perth to launch his election campaign for the second consecutive time, after the west helped Labor form a majority government in 2022. But WA voters will need more convincing this time around. 
  
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• Labor launches campaign in WA, but will it win over wary voters?

  13-04-2025 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese chose Perth to launch his election campaign for the second consecutive time, after the west helped Labor form a majority government in 2022. But WA voters will need more convincing this time around. 
  
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• Live: Tanya Plibersek laughs off awkward moment with PM

  13-04-2025 22:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Tanya Plibersek laughs off the PM seemingly rejecting a hug from her at Labor's launch, insisting the pair are still friends. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Liberal Party writes to AEC over Spender comments, leaders lock in final debate

  13-04-2025 22:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have locked in a third and final debate before polling day. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Dutton's son fronts press conference and says he can't afford house anytime soon

  13-04-2025 22:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Peter Dutton is talking housing at a new estate in Brisbane with his son in tow. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Albanese campaigns in Adelaide as Dutton moves to shore up Brisbane

  13-04-2025 22:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese heads to the city of churches while Peter Dutton opts to campaign in his own backyard in Brisbane. Follow live. 
  
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• Liberal Party writes to AEC over Spender comments, leaders lock in final debate – as it happened

  13-04-2025 22:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have locked in a third and final debate before polling day.
  
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• Federal election 2025 LIVE: Albanese, Dutton signature policies revealed; economists warn of house price surge

  13-04-2025 22:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton continue campaigning ahead of the federal election on May 3. Follow live. 
  
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