Updates

A change to preference flows could put Peter Dutton in re-election danger in his marginal seat of Dickson, polling shows.

Political slogans abound on roads and verges across the State as we limp towards polling day, but so much of what we are being force-fed is very easily debunked.

ELLEN RANSLEY: After an unusual week, both leaders will need to pull out all the stops in the final days of the Federal election campaign.

BEN HARVEY: Delving behind the curtain of the Trumpet of Patriots’ anti-China scare campaign reveals some strange truths.

CAMERON MILNER: It wasn’t mentioned during the campaign, but that hasn’t stopped Albo before.

THE FRONT DORE: Elections come and go. Prime ministers fall, grow into groaning ghosts and tiresome turncoats - even the great ones - but Anthony Albanese approaches something unheard of.

A former Labor defence minister has issued a withering assessment of Australia’s complacency in the face of looming conflict, urging bipartisanship and stronger will to build up the Defence Force.

Support for the Coalition continues to dive, with latest polling showing voters abandoning Opposition Leader Peter Dutton as election day nears and that could be good news for Pauline Hanson.

The two leaders will try to reinvigorate their campaigns after the pope's passing put the brakes on a campaign week already slowed by public holidays.

The Coalition says it will make ‘no cuts’ to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs under its plan to slash 41,000 public servants from Canberra, as questions swirl about the policy a week out from the election.

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have taken part in Anzac Day Dawn Services, which this year mark the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.

The opposition leader has recounted the stories of two veterans in his message of remembrance this Anzac Day. 

A million-dollar ad splurge suggests Peter Dutton’s petrol tax cut is appealing to suburban commuters.

WATCH: Anthony Albanese has provided some revealing answers during a picture-led question and answer session.

Anthony Albanese has doubled down on his denial about falling off a stage earlier in the campaign, despite it being caught on camera and making a surprise admission just hours earlier.