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With just a week until the election, a staggering 62 per cent of Australians can’t name a single policy from either Labor or the Coalition that would improve their lives, raising questions about campaign cut-through.

Voters struggle to name a life-improving policy from parties

With just a week until the election, a staggering amount of Australians can’t name a single policy from either Labor or the Coalition that would improve their lives, raising questions about campaign cut-through.

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Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan faces federal obstruction charges after allegedly aiding an immigrant’s escape from ICE agents, escalating Donald Trump’s clash with local officials over immigration enforcement. (Lee Matz/Milwaukee Independent via AP)

US judge charged, obstructing ICE arrest in Trump crackdown

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan faces federal obstruction charges after allegedly aiding an immigrant’s escape from ICE agents, escalating Donald Trump’s clash with local officials over immigration enforcement.

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Some say it is the campaign which is letting Dutton down, others say there’s too much freelancing by the leader without heeding the overarching strategy. 

The hard man with a soft heart: Inside the Dutton campaign

Everyone has a different answer to the question of who is to blame for a campaign that hasn’t gotten out of first gear, but no one is willing to write the Coalition off completely with a week still to go.

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With polls tightening, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is pledging $25 million to preserve 84 ancestral languages.(AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Support for diverse Australians to keep mother tongue

With polls tightening, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is pledging $25 million to preserve 84 ancestral languages.

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Jason Crocker pictured with his daughter Claudia — first during her childhood, and later as an adult.
Scandal-plagued former US Representative George Santos has been sentenced to more than seven years after pleading guilty to criminal corruption charges. (AP PHOTO)

Ex-congressman Santos sentenced to seven years over campaign

Scandal-plagued former US Representative George Santos has been sentenced to more than seven years after pleading guilty to criminal corruption charges.

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A change to preference flows could put Peter Dutton in re-election danger in his marginal seat of Dickson, polling shows.. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Dutton’s Dickson seat hangs by thread as polls tighten

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

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US special envoy Steve Witkoff has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. (AP PHOTO)

Trump envoy meets Putin for three-hour peace talks in Moscow

US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff has met with Vladimir Putin for three hours in Moscow, with both sides describing the Ukraine peace talks as ‘constructive’.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump’s strength is his greatest weakness.

Donald Trump’s strength is his greatest weakness

DAVID BROOKS: The Trump administration is like a supercar with 1,000 horsepower, and its opponents have been coasting around on mopeds.

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Corflutes at the pre-poll voting centre at the Bentley Community Centre.

A campaign full of red herrings, half-truths and lies

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.

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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.

Poll countdown to kick off with final Albo, Dutton showdown

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.

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The Trumpet of Patriots reckons Australia is facing its own Red Dawn moment. 

Truth behind Palmer’s Patriots’ anti-China scare campaign

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

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

We had Voice, now get ready for Albo’s big new wealth tax

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

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Solar Orbiter’s widest high-resolution view of the Sun.

The Sun like you’ve never seen it before

Five years into its mission, the Solar Orbiter has delivered a spectacular ultraviolet view of the Sun’s million-degree atmosphere.

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