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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

‘We will do better’: Dutton drops first election ad

In the minutes after Anthony Albanese announced the May 3 Federal election, the Liberal Party dropped the first election ad, where Peter Dutton called on the nation to ‘get our country back on track’. 

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Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese has called an election for May 3.

PM, Dutton pitch to voters as real election campaign begins

Australians will go to the polls in five weeks, on May 3 and both sides are saying their choice has never been clearer.

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Here are the key seats Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will be targeting during the election campaign.

The 21 seats to watch that will determine our next PM

The election has been called and the countdown is on. Here are the 21 seats across the country that will be crucial in deciding who will be our next Prime Minister.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to call the election on Friday. This is how it works.

What happens when Anthony Albanese calls an election?

On Friday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an election following a well-worn path of his predecessors in going to the voters. These are the fascinating traditions playing out today.

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AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw and ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess.

‘Sobering’: Pollies on notice ahead of election campaign

AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw warned politicians to think carefully about their plans during the campaign as he shared ‘sobering information’ about what they collectively had been facing.

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Eva and her husband Peter were forced to sell their farm to pay for her ongoing treatment.

‘Wrong cancer’: Why $30-a-month PBS drug has cost Eva $350k

It took a news story for the Sydney mum to realise that she was paying 200 times as much as a fellow cancer sufferer for exactly the same medication.

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After many twists and turns, the Prime Minister is expected to call the Federal election on Friday.

Twists and turns but a path to poll is in sight

The Prime Minister is expected to call the Federal election on Friday as Labor and the Coalition clash over tax cuts and fuel subsidies in a last-ditch bid to woo voters. 

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We’re sorry Albo. We were wrong about you, writes Christopher Dore.

Sorry, Albo, we were wrong about you. We’ve been unfair

THE FRONT DORE: It’s time to fess up. In the three years since he became PM, we’ve been wrong about Anthony Albanese. We’ve been unreasonable. Unkind. Definitely unfair.

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Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton is poised to give a Budget reply.

Coalition leader needs x-factor to counter Labor promises

NICOLA SMITH: Opposition Leader Peter Dutton must land one of the most pivotal speeches of his political career tonight

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Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor have pledged to repeal Labor’s tax cuts in favour of their own fuel excise.

Peter Dutton, Angus Taylor pledge to repeal Labor’s tax cuts

The Coalition has pledged it will repeal Labor’s $5-a-week tax cuts, saying it needs the money to fund its alternative offering of halving the fuel excise for a year.

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Linda Reynolds says Ukraine’s war is “our war”.

‘Their war is our war’: Reynolds pleads not to abandon Ukraine

Retiring Liberal senator Linda Reynolds has used her final speech in parliament to draw a line in the sand over support for Ukraine, warning of a ‘axis of dictatorship’.

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Peter Dutton is facing renewed calls to dump Australia’s 2050 carbon neutral target.

‘It's time’: Dutton faces Coalition calls to scrap net zero

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is facing renewed calls to dump Australia’s 2050 carbon neutral target by one of his Coalition backbenchers as part of an election promise.

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Business groups have lashed the Federal Budget, saying there is little indication of a private sector revival and next to nothing to stimulate one.

Business bodies scoff at Govt’s private sector revival boast

Business groups have lashed the Federal Budget, saying there is little indication of a private sector revival and next to nothing to stimulate one.

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Without further tax cuts, people will lose a higher proportion of wages to the tax man.

Tax reform laid bare as Labor entrenches Budget deficit

Australia's Federal Budget has locked in a decade of deficits, with structural reforms needed to reduce the tax burden on young income earners.

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The Budget contained some cost-of-living relief but it was offset by an Aussie economy poised to hit the red with a $42.1b deficit and debt projected to exceed $1 trillion in the 2025-26 financial year.

Jim’s Sham-bolic Budget a poor reward for punters

EDITORIAL: It is an insult to our intelligence that the Federal Government cobbled together this half-hearted Budget because the Prime Minister delayed calling the election.

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