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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.

In an unprecedented political strategy, a Queensland MP has signed up for a platform popular with adult content creators to engage voters, using unconventional campaign tactics unmatched in Australian history.

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.