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JENI O’DOWD: Peter Dutton began his campaign so devoid of vision that it made Anthony Albanese’s costly promises look appealing. Now that’s changed, but he still has an enormous amount of work to do.

Anthony Albanese refused to answer a key cost-of-living question during Wednesday night’s second leaders’ debate, failing to give a straight answer on when Australians would see power bill relief.

More young Australians will be encouraged to pick up the tools with a new network of Australian Technical Colleges the Coalition is promising to build across the country.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton gave a confident performance in his second sparring match with the Prime Minister but despite a few jabs, neither side managed to land a knockout blow.

The Prime Minister put in a second solid debate performance on Tuesday night, even if he ended it with a waffle rather than a bang.

AARON PATRICK: After warning for years climate change threatened the planet, Labor ministers now present their climate policies as inflation-busters.

Russia has sensationally argued its relationship with Jakarta poses less of a threat than AUKUS, after reports Moscow had requested access to an Indonesian air base triggered a political firestorm.

Labor and the Coalition have shirked questions about how to define ‘sustainable’ house price growth and failed to provide certainty on supply-side targets in a heated debate. 

Panic over reports of Russia wanting war planes at an air base 1400 km from Darwin has thrust defence to the front-lines of an election campaign that has barely touched on national security.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The Opposition Leader’s questions on Indonesia have all but ended his tilt to live in Kirribilli House, barring a catastrophic error from Anthony Albanese.

In a bold move, a Queensland Greens MP has joined a subscription-based platform used by adult content creators in an effort to reach voters and promote the minor-party’s sexual health policies.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been verbally bombarded in a hotel lobby in the latest security scare of the Federal election campaign. 

Peter Dutton has downplayed rare election-period comments from the Papua New Guinea Foreign minister, who says he'd prefer a Labor win.

Labor and the Coalition will have a housing showdown on Wednesday, as both party's policies drawing the ire of housing experts and economists.

ANDREW CARSWELL: It may be the thinnest of silver linings, but for all the smirks and chest-beating in Camp Albanese, Labor is failing to capitalise on the Coalition’s bleeding primary vote.