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Market response to Australia’s new Labor government will be ‘muted’, economists say

Analysts say election of Albanese government will not ‘shift the dial’ on economic forecasts

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese Has Been Sworn In As PM So Who Are The New Main Characters In Parliament?

Anthony Albanese was sworn as Australia's 31st Prime Minister following the federal election with a new cabinet ministers in parliament.

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Anthony Albanese and four senior frontbenchers sworn in ahead of Quad trip

Moments after he is officially sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia, the Labor leader appears alongside his new ministers and makes a symbolic change inside parliament.

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Australia’s government is changing after nine years of the Coalition – what happens next?

From the swearing in of Anthony Albanese and his ministers, to department ‘red books’, the public service is ready for the transition

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Factbox-Key members of Australia's incoming Labor government

Australia's Labor Party ousted the conservative coalition at an election on Saturday, returning the centre-left party to government after nine years in opposition.

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Greens make big inroads in Queensland

The Greens are set to win three seats in Brisbane, with the major parties suffering a backlash in Saturday's election.

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Australian election briefing: Labor reveals costings as Morrison bulldozes through wage questions – plus a painted rabbit

Thursday: The best of Guardian Australia’s 2022 federal election coverage

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Labor defends $7.4bn increase in deficit to fund election promises

Jim Chalmers says investments in childcare and cleaner energy are necessary and further budget savings could later be identified

The Guardian - AU

Labor election commitments add $7.4 billion to the deficit, but ALP pledges it's quality spending

Labor's election commitments would cost the budget bottom line an extra $7.4 billion, the opposition has confirmed in its pre-election costings.

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

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The Guardian - AU

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

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The Loop: Coalition shares election costings, refugee advocate wins court appeal, and an English soccer player comes out as gay

Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop.

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Elections used to be about costings. Here's what's changed

The last week of campaigns used to be frantic, behind the scenes. In public, right up until the final week, the leaders would make all sorts of promises, many of them expensive, with nary a mention of the spending cuts or tax increases that would be needed to pay for…

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Coalition costings: $3.3bn in public service cuts to fund election pledges worth $2.3bn

Josh Frydenberg spruiks ‘responsible approach’ and calls on Labor to submit its policies to financial scrutiny

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Stand by for the oddly designed Stage 3 tax cut that will send middle earners backwards and give high earners thousands

The Reserve Bank is pushing up interest rates to take money out of our hands.

The Guardian - AU

‘I am who I am’: Anthony Albanese rushes towards his date with destiny

Can the Labor leader persuade Australians that his passion and emotional investment are the qualities they need in a PM?

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Grattan on Friday: 'Gotcha' questions are ugly journalism but hazards for leaders

The public don’t have much regard for journalists and many people will be critical of the “gotcha” questioning that found Anthony Albanese on Thursday unable to recite the six points of his policy on the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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Treasurer, Chalmers keep to familiar lines

Josh Frydenberg and Jim Chalmers have failed to deliver any blows during the treasurers' debate at the National Press Club.

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Morrison shrugs off 'buffoons' sledge from NSW anti-corruption watchdog commissioner

Scott Morrison shrugs off a frank character assessment from one of the commissioners of the New South Wales anti-corruption watchdog, who labelled critics of his organisation as "buffoons".

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Scott Morrison warns overly powerful Icac could turn Australia into ‘public autocracy’

Labor, which has promised to establish a national anti-corruption commission ‘with teeth’, says the PM’s comments show his ‘true colours are emerging now’

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Federal election: Rising interest and inflation rates dominate debate between Josh Frydenberg and Jim Chalmers — as it happened

Interest rates, cost-of-living pressures and how each party would start to repay our historic debt dominate the treasury debate. Look back at all the day's politics.

The Conversation

Centre-left parties worldwide have struggled to reinvent themselves – what kind of ALP is fighting this election?

With due caution about the (in)accuracy of opinion polls, Australian voters may bring in a Labor government on May 21. If so, what kind of government would they get?

The Guardian - AU

Labor says rate rise highlights PM’s shredded credentials but Morrison insists it’s part of pandemic journey

Scott Morrison says Reserve Bank has ‘made a very important statement about where we are now in our journey out of this pandemic’

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australians ready for rate increase, as Labor warns nation faces cost-of-living crisis

The Prime Minister says households are prepared to deal with the first increase to interest rates in more than a decade, but Labor says his government is not doing enough to ease cost-of-living pressures.

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Labor says power prices are going up. The Coalition says they aren't. Who's right?

“Power prices are going up”, shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers declared last week. But according to energy minister Angus Taylor, “No one’s household power prices have gone up.” So who is right?

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