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Coalition minister concedes plan to allow first homebuyers to access super will push up house prices

Allowing access to up to $50,000 of retirement savings ‘like throwing petrol on a bonfire’, industry super group warns

The Guardian - AU

Josh Frydenberg says Australia has achieved a greater reduction in emissions than New Zealand, Canada and the OECD. Is that correct?

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Australia has achieved a reduction in emissions of 20 per cent on 2005 levels, which he says is greater than New Zealand, Canada and the OECD. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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PM says Opposition leader’s criticism ‘the comments of an armchair critic’ – as it happened

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Tension builds over three-cornered contest in Nicholls electorate, despite vast Nationals margin

Nicholls is held by the Nationals with a spacious 20 per cent margin. But the combination of a retiring MP and a prominent independent candidate could mean the end of the Coalition's stronghold on the seat.

ABC News

'His beating heart is a focus group': what makes Scott Morrison tick?

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.

The Conversation

If the polls are right, he may soon be the next Australian prime minister. So who is Anthony Albanese?

Today we are running two longer articles looking at the men who are vying to be the next Australian prime minister. You can read Michelle Grattan’s profile of Scott Morrison here.

The Conversation

No, Mr Morrison. Minority government need not create 'chaos' – it might finally drag Australia to a responsible climate policy

Labor might be leading in the national polls, but a hung parliament after the May 21 election remains a distinct possibility.

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Government minister admits first home buyer policy would push up house prices, PM says other policies would balance it out

Jane Hume concedes the policy would see house prices increase "temporarily", something economists and the opposition are warning will happen.

ABC News

How former member for Indi Cathy McGowan could be secret weapon for 'teal independents' in federal election

When Cathy McGowan won the federal seat of Indi nearly a decade ago, no-one could have predicted her impact on this current election campaign. Now, she's seen as a "secret weapon" of the independents movement.

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LETTERS: It'd be preferential to have a different voting system

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Newcastle Herald

Undecided, uninterested, unsure: major parties vie to flip long-held seats of Reid and Parramatta

Scott Morrison’s name may be a negative in the marginal seats of the inner west, but that doesn’t necessarily translate into enthusiasm for Labor

The Guardian - AU

‘He can’t change’: Labor attacks Scott Morrison’s character at Brisbane rally

Just across the Brisbane River from the Coalition’s official campaign launch on Sunday Labor was doing all it could to smother Scott Morrison’s momentum.

The New Daily

‘Put this pandemic behind us’: Scott Morrison launches campaign by promising to shift gears

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has launched the Liberals’ election campaign vowing to change his governing style as the country moves on from the pandemic.

The New Daily

Paul Keating attacks Coalition’s super for housing policy as economists warn of soaring prices

A Coalition plan to allow first-home buyers to use their superannuation to buy property has been slammed by Paul Keating as a "frontal assault" on super.

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The Guardian - AU

Super for houses is a bad policy, but Scott Morrison wants to pick a fight over it

Having come off worse in the argument over a pay rise for minimum wage workers, the PM is keen to move the debate on to more politically fertile territory

ABC News

Administrative Appeals Tribunal demoted barrister for making decisions against the government, he claims

Adelaide barrister Michael Manetta says he's been stopped from hearing welfare debt cases at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal because he made too many decisions against the government.

Newcastle Herald

Liberal Party 'warms up' with final countdown underway

Scott Morrison has made housing a central part of the Liberal Party's official launch.

The Guardian - AU

How does the Coalition’s super scheme for first-homebuyers work and would it drive up prices?

Will it make housing unaffordable, as critics claim, and how does it compare with Labor’s Help to Buy scheme?

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The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison uses Liberal party campaign launch to set up housing battle with Labor

PM announces ‘game changer’ for first-home buyers and spending boosts as he urges voters to stick with government at polls

ABC News

Coalition announces Super Home Buyer scheme at federal election campaign launch in Brisbane

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.

The Guardian - AU

Josh Frydenberg opposes independents’ call for public hearings and tip-offs in proposed federal Icac

Treasurer says public hearings would see politicians ‘guilty until proved innocent’, but integrity experts say objections ‘ring hollow’

ABC News

Federal election: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has launched the Liberal Party campaign in Brisbane — as it happened

The Liberal Party launches its federal election campaign in Brisbane a week out from voters heading to the polls — as it happened.

The Guardian - AU

Coalition announces $300,000 super concession for over-55s who sell home

Ahead of Coalition’s official campaign launch Scott Morrison also pledges to double the time pensioners have to structure assets after home sale

ABC News

Michael Gunner's resignation as NT chief minister could reshape the race for Solomon

The sudden resignation of NT Labor leader Michael Gunner – who had been absent from federal Labor's campaigning – could reshape the contest for the marginal seat of Solomon, according to a political pundit.

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Rural health at crisis point as towns go without local doctors, fund their own medical practice

Attracting and retaining doctors is an age-old problem for rural areas. Will the election be a game changer?

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