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Leaders fall short on ACM Pub Test

Do Morrison and Albanese pass the Pub Test? Here's what the punters said

The Canberra Times

Libs won't back 'artificial' wage figure

Employment Minister Stuart Robert won't reveal whether he would support the minimum wage to rise at the pace of inflation following dismal wages figures.

AAP

What makes a great political speech? Let’s talk about oratory, my fellow citizens

The leader must be willing to go beyond party politics, and demonstrate humanity, candour and raw emotion

The Guardian - AU

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Plibersek says Albanese has a ‘tough job’ as polls tighten – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Federal election: All the updates from the campaign with Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison — as it happened

The economy remains at the centre of the election campaign, with the latest unemployment data released on Thursday, along with Labor unveiling its policy costings.

ABC News

Morning mail: aged care Covid deaths, renters turn to crowdfunding, DVD collectors

Thursday: At least 60 nursing home residents with coronavirus are dying each week as workers prepare to strike. Plus: the ‘innately comforting’ tactility of collecting movies

The Guardian - AU

Albo's steak dinner has gone fancy

The lunch at the National Press Club had a special Albanese flavour

The Canberra Times

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Extra spending will drive economy: Labor

Two days out from the federal election, Labor has outlined an extra $7.4 billion in spending but says it is needed to improve fairness and boost the economy.

AAP

The Guardian view on the Australian federal election: say no to spin and inaction

Given the Coalition’s policy vacuum, Labor offers the best hope the country will be able to rise to the challenges ahead

The Guardian - AU

Who should I vote for? Guide to seven key policies in the 2022 Australian federal election where Labor and Coalition differ

Real differences between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have emerged across a range of election policies. To help you decide who to vote for, check our policy comparison of the two major political parties in Australia around aged care, federal Icac, childcare, climate change, housing, health and a voice to…

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s secret weapon: The big election issue most people have never heard of

Labor leader Anthony Albanese will today embark on a blitz of 20 key marginal seats, where chances of securing a majority are hanging in the balance.

The New Daily

Labor to consider new national Covid strategy to reduce deaths

Anthony Albanese says pandemic still ‘major issue’, but Scott Morrison says Australians want to ‘put that in the rear-vision mirror’

The Guardian - AU

Australian election briefing: Scott Morrison bulldozes a kid while Anthony Albanese takes the stage

Wednesday: the best of Guardian Australia’s 2022 federal election coverage

The Guardian - AU

Australia's Opposition leader says he will travel to Quad if wins election

Australia's Opposition Labor leader Anthony Albanese said if he wins Saturday's general election he will travel to Tokyo for a meeting of the Quad group of the United States, Japan and India, scheduled just three days later.

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AAP

Leaders grapple with China diplomacy

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have spoken about their approach to dealing with a more assertive China and building partnerships in the Indo-Pacific.

AAP

Budget repair starts with grants: Albanese

In an address to the National Press Club, Anthony Albanese has promised to return $750 million to the budget to pay back rising debt.

ABC News

Labor leader Anthony Albanese outlines budget savings measures in National Press Club address

Labor leader Anthony Albanese is promising to slash grants funds in an attempt to return $750 million to the Federal Budget, saying the opposition, if elected, would inherit "the worst set of books" since Federation.

Newsroom.co.nz

Australia: Labor’s lead narrows in three new national polls

Polling analyst for Australia's The Conversation site, Adrian Beaumont, analyses three big polls showing some encouragement for Scott Morrison's incumbent Liberal-National coalition

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The Guardian - AU

‘Second miracle’ or historic win from opposition? No one knows how this election journey will end

The only certainty is when we look in the rearview mirror on Sunday morning, the Australian election result will all be crystal clear

The Guardian - AU

PM dismisses need for more measures to limit Covid deaths, suggesting Australians are dying with, not of, the virus

Scott Morrison says Australia is now ‘living with Covid’ as nation records one of the highest transmission rates in the world

The Independent UK

Australian leader won't say who might attend Tokyo summit

Australia’s leader won't say who might represent the nation at a summit with U.S., Indian and Japanese leaders just three days after elections on Saturday

The New Daily

Morrison says his ‘bulldozer’ approach has served Australia well

Scott Morrison says being a “bulldozer” has served Australia well during the pandemic – despite the country's surging pandemic death rate.

The Conversation

Labor's lead narrows in three new national polls; and seat polls galore

The final Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted May 12-17 from a sample of 2,049, gave Labor just a 52-48 lead by 2019 election preferences, a two-point gain for the Coalition since last fortnight’s Resolve. By respondent preferences, Labor’s lead was narrower at 51-49, a three-point gain for the Coalition.

The Guardian - AU

Government claims of 7% real wage rise since in office disputed – as it happened

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Anthony Albanese announces plan to cut spending on two grant programs to deliver budget windfall — as it happened

Anthony Albanese uses his National Press Club address to announce a Labor government would strip hundreds of millions of dollars from two government grant programs and put the money to better use, in an effort to improve the budget bottom line.

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