Updates

A string of veterans running for Parliament have been cautioned by Defence brass against using photos in uniform as part of their election material. 

The Prime Minister and Treasurer Jim Chalmers have denied Labor is preparing to make changes to negative gearing, following questions at a press conference in Brisbane on Thursday.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton made a telling remark about Ambassador Kevin Rudd’s future.

While the second leaders’ debate had no official winner, one group of Australians emerged as the ‘real loser’.

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.

Peter Dutton has vowed $260m in an attempt to boost the number of high school students taking up trades, pledging at least one new technical college in each state.

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.