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1 month ago | theguardian.com | Krishani Dhanji |Michael Kalenderian |Michael Wade

With the fourth and final leader’s debate over, we’re in the final sprint toward election day on Saturday. More than 2.4 million Australians have already cast their vote, while the leaders try to squeeze in as many visits to electorates as they can. And while the debate was, from the policy side of things, your usual fare, Peter Dutton’s comments about welcome to country ceremonies were just one catalyst for a cavalcade of headlines today.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Krishani Dhanji |Michael Kalenderian |Michael Wade

After a brief Easter weekend pause in campaigning, things are revving back up. And while there are two more leadership debates still to take place, voters are going to start switching off — early voting opened on Tuesday, and with the Australian Election Commission estimating around half of voters will cast their ballot early, the parties need to home in on their messaging asap. Krishani Dhanji catches you up on the campaigns with 11 days to go until May 3rd

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Krishani Dhanji |Michael Wade |Michael Kalenderian

The two major parties have officially launched their campaigns, with a big focus on addressing Australia's housing crisis. Guardian Australia's Krishani Dhanji walks you through the competing policies as well as other campaign moments of note in today's TLDR: Election 2025

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Krishani Dhanji |Michael Wade |Michael Kalenderian

We've reached the end of week two of Australia's election campaign, so what happened? Well, three separate debates, each underwhelming in its own way, and a slew of new announcements from Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton, while Adam Bandt brought negative gearing back into the mix. Krishani Dhanji is here in her latest instalment of TLDR: Election 2025

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Krishani Dhanji |Michael Wade |Michael Kalenderian

We've just wrapped the first full week of the election campaign. So what's happened? Some meeting with babies, a lot of hi-vis vests, and of course over it all, the looming spectre of Trump's tariffs on seemingly the entire world. Guardian Australia's Krishani Dhanji brings you up to speed on what's happened in the election so far