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This Time In 2019 Labor Was Ahead In The Polls, So WTF Went Wrong Will It Happen Again In 2022?

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Australia's Morrison vows more empathy if re-elected PM

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised on Saturday to be more empathetic if he wins re-election, as his government continues to trail the opposition Labor Party a week before a general election.

Reuters

Labor accuses Prime Minister Scott Morrison of putting politics ahead of national security on AUKUS pact

Federal Labor says Prime Minister Scott Morrison broke the "trust and faith" of Australia's most important ally in a stoush over the AUKUS security pact.

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Voters in marginal NSW seat Gilmore undecided a week out from election

The south coast NSW seat is crucial for the major parties, but with disaster recovery, mental health and the environment front and centre, the result is far from certain.

ABC News

Albanese says Morrison broke faith with US by delaying Labor’s Aukus briefing

Biden administration reportedly said defence alliance needed bipartisan support, but opposition was not told until day before it was announced

The Guardian - AU

Federal election: Contrasting solutions to building Australia's new and more flexible electricity system

To reduce emissions, incorporate new technology and energy sources, Australia needs a new electricity system. The grid of the future needs to be more stable, less centralised and handle large amounts of renewables. The question this election is how to build it.

ABC News

Labor retains large Newspoll lead but Albanese's ratings fall; special poll gives Labor clear House majority

A Newspoll, conducted May 10-13 from a sample of 1,532, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, unchanged from the previous week’s Newspoll. Primary votes were 38% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (steady), 11% Greens (steady), 6% One Nation (up one), 3% UAP (down one) and 7% all Others (up one).

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Morrison hails close ties with India and Albanese pledges $970m for Medicare – as it happened

Scott Morrison reiterates new pitch to voters, promising a ‘gear change’, and Anthony Albanese reveals plan to boost primary healthcare. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Labor promises almost $1 billion for Medicare and GPs if it wins federal election

Federal Labor is entering the election campaign home stretch armed with a promise of almost $1 billion in new Medicare and primary-health funding if it wins next weekend's federal poll.

ABC News

Bumpy ride: rail trail projects making ‘itty-bitty’ progress in rural NSW

Cycling and heritage trails could boost tourism and local jobs, but they face planning and funding roadblocks

The Guardian - AU

Australian election 2022: from anti-vaxxers to revolutionaries, what do the minor parties running for the Senate stand for?

Know what’s behind the innocent-sounding names of more than 30 minor and micro parties running this election, and find out what the lesser-known groups are after – before you cast your vote

The Guardian - AU

Election preferences: do you need to think strategically before voting in the lower house?

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

The Guardian - AU

Coal not the only burning issue in Queensland’s blue collar seat of Flynn

With the LNP MP retiring and Labor reeling from its 2019 collapse, One Nation and the United Australia party will have a big say in this central Queensland seat

The Guardian - AU

Queensland shows what happens when liberals desert the Liberal party

The state Liberal National party’s pursuit of conservative causes has contributed to it being all but banished from Brisbane

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The Guardian - AU

If the metropolitan moderates are wiped out next week, the Liberals must learn the right lesson from defeat

In the event of a ‘tealwash’ there is every chance the party will complete its slide into brutal, Trumpian hyper-partisanship

The Guardian - AU

Labor promises $970m investment in Medicare and general practice ahead of final week of election

Australian Medical Association says pledge is a ‘strong down payment’ in boosting primary health care

The Guardian - AU

A failure as shameful as robodebt leaves questions only a royal commission can examine

Without an understanding of how this unlawful scheme occurred, what’s to stop something similar happening again?

The Guardian - AU

Ibac frenzy exposes a wide divide between Victorian and federal Liberals

Analysis: Scott Morrison rejects ‘kangaroo court’ corruption watchdogs while state opposition is furious about Daniel Andrews’ private interviews

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Newcastle Herald

Has ScoMo lost his mojo? Coalition still waiting for momentum shift

Has ScoMo lost his mojo? Former PM John Howard still expects the race to tighten, but sources on both sides of the political divide are seeing little evidence of a shift in momentum away from Labor heading into the last week of the campaign.

The Canberra Times

Ukraine, abortion and kangaroo courts: it's Geoffrey Robertson against the world

He's one of the world's most high-profile lawyers, but Geoffrey Robertson cares most deeply about people.

ABC News

Mark McGowan's $5.7b budget surplus boasts likely to attract the ire of eastern states premiers

Mark McGowan's boasts about his eastern states counterparts being "green with envy" over WA's whopping $5.7 billion budget surplus, may come back to haunt him or his successor, writes Dan Mercer.

ABC News

Climate change cutting across political left-right divide, Vote Compass data shows

Climate change is cutting across the traditional left-right political divide, helping explain why teal independents are gaining traction where progressive parties would not, according to Vote Compass analysis.

AAP

PM gets sporty, Albanese looks to health

One week out from the election, the coalition has unveiled a program to get more students involved in sport, while Labor has promised to boost Medicare.

AAP

NT's new chief minister shocked to get job

Natasha Fyles has been chosen by Labor colleagues as the Northern Territory's new chief minister, replacing Michael Gunner after his surprise resignation.

The New Daily

The Ferguson Report: Something shiny this way comes to distract us from the election

The attention span of Australian voters has shrunk to momentary levels due to the price of oh look, there's another shiny thing.

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