Updates

The PM hopes more kids will be able to recreate his campaign stop and take a trip to the Great Barrier Reef as he promises to help subsidise school excursions.

The Coalition’s energy strategy could lead to a ‘jobs bloodbath’ in the electrical sector, according to industry analysis and will be a feature of today’s energy debate between Chris Bowen and Ted O’Brien.

Jim Chalmers has warned against ‘cuts and chaos’ under Dutton’s coaltion, while Angus Taylor told voters they are the best choice to guide Australia through tough economic times in an election debate.

CAMERON MILNER: Canberra’s worst kept secret is out, at best Anthony Albanese will lead a minority government after May 3. He will remain PM, but the Greens and a clutch of teals will hold the power.

A new plan to lower power bills for millions of Aussies who have been forgotten in a scheme to provide cheaper home batteries will be launched by the Greens.

EDITORIAL: If you were hoping for a clear cut winner at the first election debate between Albo and Dutton, you likely came away disappointed. There were no major slip-ups, but no knock-out blows either.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Albanese can’t stop talking about Trump, when it suits him. But when it comes to spelling out how he is planning to broker a deal with the US President, he is characteristically evasive. 

Peter Dutton has spoken about the ‘toll’ the election campaign has had on his family after his dad has a heart attack on Tuesday night.

Peter Dutton is banking on his energy policy to set him apart from Labor, as the two major parties trade blows over similar campaign themes and competing cost-of-living pitches.

The extraordinary sum of money Labor wants to pour into its campaign in Peter Dutton’s electorate of Dickson has been revealed.

NICOLA SMITH: Blinkered Greens leader Adam Bandt remains convinced his party will hold the balance of power despite the changing political landscape.

Greens leader Adam Bandt has made his election pitch to reform negative gearing and end capital gains tax discounts on investment properties if he holds the balance of power in a minority government.

The PM has dodged questions about the status of Australia’s negotiations with the Trump administration, as pressure mounts on Canberra to secure a way through the President’s tariffs.

Women are under-represented as candidates in the upcoming federal election and are more likely to be running in hard-to-win seats for the major parties according to the ANU..

ELLEN RANSLEY: Anthony Albanese won the night, but he only did so based on a number of cut-through moments, failing to land the knockout blow he needed to harden soft voters.