Jim Chalmers has made one last boast before Aussies head to the polls on Saturday.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Record numbers of Australians have already cast their votes in Saturday’s federal election - here’s how you can get yours in early too.
Duncan Evans, Blair Jackson
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made his pitch for a second term in an address to the National Press Club before Australians vote on Saturday.
Jessica Wang
The Australian Electoral Commission has warned the directions could confuse voters, leading them to bin a stack of papers set to be handed out across the State.
Katina Curtis
The future of Anthony Albanese’s controversial The Voice referendum has been thrust back into the spotlight days out from the Federal election after Senator Penny Wong suggested it would soon pass.
Nicola Smith
NRL fans heading to Brisbane for Magic Round have been urged to do one thing “so they can focus on enjoying the footy”.
Georgie Kibel
US President Donald Trump has confirmed Australia has been calling the White House, revealing he plans to speak with the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about trade and a deal.
Max Corstorphan
Jacqui Lambie has torn into the major parties on campaigning rules, saying they are as bad as the Trumpet of Patriots, just not as cashed up.
Jessica Wang and Samuel Clench
The rental vacancy rate may have improved, but every single home is unaffordable for all bar two of Perth’s tens of thousands of welfare recipients.
Kim Macdonald
Labor wants to win a majority government, but new data shows it already represents half of Australia’s least affordable areas to live in.
Blair Jackson and Jessica Wang
Peter Dutton has shared a traumatic memory from his time as a police officer – in the name of highlighting an important challenge Australia faces.
Samuel Clench
The Coalition has announced a huge $2bn commitment to build out infrastructure in the Pacific Islands and East Timor.
Blair Jackson
An uncomfortable truth has lingered over the Liberal Party campaign.
Josh Frydenberg hasn’t ruled out a future political comeback, while praising Peter Dutton as a “principled, decent, strong leader” who should be Australia’s next Prime Minister.
Jessica Page
Former Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Penny Wong has ‘failed’ and branded the Greens ‘despicable’, as he called for bi-partisanship to lead Australia out of a surge in anti-Semitism.
Gen Z and Millennial voters are now the largest voting block in Australia and a new poll has delivered a clear warning to the major parties about what they want.
Duncan Evans
Teal MP Monique Ryan has referred allegations of foreign interference by her own volunteers — reportedly linked to the Chinese Communist Party — to the electoral watchdog.
Nicola Smith and Katina Curtis
The founder of a right-wing fringe party has been cautioned by the Australian Electoral Commission for displaying non-compliant campaign signs.
Healthcare has emerged as a key battleground in the federal election campaign, with both sides pledging record funding for Medicare.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has weighed in on the Welcome to Country debate, taking aim at the major airlines.
Aussies have had their phones blown up this week by spam texts from Trumpet of Patriots, leaving many asking: ‘How is this legal?’
RECAP: Former Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg won’t rule out a return to politics, after he was asked at The West Australian’s Leadership Matters lunch in WA.
Max Corstorphan and Matt Shrivell
One Nation has put most Coalition candidates second on their how to vote cards, ending a 30-year-old standoff with the Liberal Party over preferences.
Jessica Wang, Samuel Clench
With Federal election day looming on Saturday, eight candidates have thrown their hats into the ring to contest the seat of Forrest in the South West
Sofia Fimognari and Ezra Kaye
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