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The Guardian • Lenore Taylor • April 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
In an election year of disasters, Australians need more than campaign trail soundbites
From fact-checks to pork barrel tracking, editor Lenore Taylor explains why Guardian Australia’s reporting will count
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • April 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
Senior Liberals fear party warfare could cost key seats
Liberal Party national vice-president Teena McQueen has delivered a withering assessment of the Coalition’s chances in two must-hold seats and other senior Coalition figures warn bitter factional infighting in NSW could backfire at next month’s election.
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The Guardian • Lech Blaine • April 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Mum dedicated her life to protecting others. In Australia’s aged care system, she received no such sanctuary
My mother picked a particularly inhumane epoch in Australian politics to get sick. When it comes to aged care, something has to give
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
It is truly difficult to fathom the institutionalised cruelty of Australia’s aged care system, writes @lechblaine but this wrenching piece about his Mum helps us understand - and also why aged care must be an election issue theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 10, 2022
The Guardian • Nick Evershed, Andy Ball, Josh Nicholas, Stephanie Tran • April 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Pork-o-meter: tracking Australian election spending announcements
We are tracking all announcements from Coalition and Labor MPs and candidates throughout the campaign, and which seats and states the party leaders are visiting. You can also search to see how much your electorate is getting so far
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Katina Curtis • April 9, 2022 • smh.com.au
The 20 seats that will decide the outcome of this election
There are 151 seats in the House of Representatives, but these are the 20 to keep a closer eye on during this campaign.
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The Guardian • Adam Adada, David Fanner, Matilda Boseley • April 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Voting 101: the 2022 Australian election has been called ... now what? – video
Why did the prime minister visit the governor general and what happens once parliament is dissolved?
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Matilda Boseley@MatildaBoseley
Everyone in positions! It’s actually happening! The election has been called… but what does that actually mean? We break it down for you in episode two of Voting 101 (with incredibly editing and special effects by @fantrails and @adam_b_adada) theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 10, 2022
The Guardian • Donna Lu • April 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
As a science journalist I’m reconsidering having kids. I’m not the only one
With a flurry of new Australian books exploring the decision to have children, doing so is still considered the default – a position worth interrogating in the climate crisis
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Donna Lu@donnadlu
I wrote about the decision whether to bring a child into the world during the climate crisis, the labour of parenting, and four new books that grapple with having and raising children now theguardian.com/books/2022/apr…
April 10, 2022
The Guardian • Antoinette Lattouf • April 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Racism in Australia is about the structures that ensure non-white people don’t get a fair go
The Towke allegations only serve to highlight that those who hold decision-making power in Australia look and sound like our prime minister
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Bridie Jabour@bkjabour
“Australia’s racism is bigger than one man – even if he is the leader of the country.” ⁦@antoinette_news⁩ on what we actually see when we look at Australia’s leaders theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
April 10, 2022
The Guardian • Tory Shepherd, Mostafa Rachwani, Josh Butler • April 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Leaders make first pitches to voters after PM sets poll date – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Tory Shepherd@ToryShepherd
THE PM IS ON ADELAIDE AVENUE. (Slightly sarcastic caps lock action). Follow Australia news live updates: Scott Morrison arrives in Canberra to call federal election theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 10, 2022
The Guardian • Josh Butler • April 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Alan Tudge ‘still in cabinet’ despite standing aside as education minister
PM’s revelation has been criticised by the opposition, with Labor leader Anthony Albanese labelling the news as ‘extraordinary’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Broede Carmody, Lisa Visentin, Nigel Gladstone • April 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
Australia news LIVE: PM confirms May 21 as date of 2022 Australian federal election
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called the federal election for May 21, Labor has denied it is making itself a small target and senior Liberals have called for an end to infighting.
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Lisa Visentin@LisaVisentin
Strap in for a looong 6 weeks - with the PM expected to visit the GG this morning and call a May 21 election.
I'm live-blogging all the political action today smh.com.au/politics/feder…
April 10, 2022
news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • April 10, 2022 • news.com.au
2022 federal election date revealed
Labor leader Anthony Albanese opened his election pitch with a brutal sledge about Prime Minister Scott Morrison “going missing” in Hawaii during the bushfires.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
BREAKING: Scott Morrison to visit the GG at 10:30 am to call a May 21 election ⁦@newscomauHQ⁩ news.com.au/national/feder…
April 10, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • April 9, 2022 • smh.com.au
Two paths to election glory, both with hurdles
At a time when the pandemic has given priority to state authority and local identity, there is no such thing as a uniform swing or a national trend.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
Two paths ahead.
There is no foregone conclusion.
I look at how Scott Morrison or Anthony Albanese can win.
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
April 10, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Nick Evershed, Josh Nicholas • April 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Major parties promise Queensland lion’s share of discretionary grants in bid to woo battleground state
Guardian Australia is tracking Coalition and Labor funding commitments and highlighting pork-barrelling during the election campaign
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Bells and whistles. Follow the money. The Morrison government has promised more than $5.6bn in discretionary grants to projects across the country as part of a massive $28bn pre-election spending spree, with almost half directed to key marginal seats theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 10, 2022
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • April 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Settle in for a long grind: this federal election is going to be core, brutal Morrison
The PM kept it to the tightest of briefs as he launched Australia’s federal election campaign, even omitting Anthony Albanese’s name
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
If Morrison is the devil Australians know, Albanese’s pitch is safety, with two political qualities thought to be extinct, hope and humility. A column on the opening day of the campaign #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 10, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Miki Perkins • April 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
The parrot clawing its way back from the brink, one nest at a time
Just a few years ago, only 17 orange-bellied parrots remained in the wild. Today the outlook is brighter than it has been for a long time. How was it done?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe, Lisa Visentin • April 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘This election is about you and no one else’: Scott Morrison calls federal election for May 21
The PM has called the election for the last possible day in the hope a longer campaign will place more pressure on Labor leader Anthony Albanese.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
UPDATED: May 21 is confirmed.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
April 10, 2022
ABC News • Gareth Hutchens • April 10, 2022 • abc.net.au
Ashlei has been unemployed for eight years. She is one of the forgotten people in Australia's apparently booming economy
Unemployment is at a 13-year low and underemployment is at 2008 levels, but many people are still locked out of the labour market or employed but still struggling to afford living expenses.
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ABC News • Ahmed Yussuf, Jack Snape • April 10, 2022 • abc.net.au
Jaber travels almost 2 hours to play basketball. It's either that or jump a fence
Residents in some of Australia's fastest-growing areas have raised concerns over access to sports facilities in their community.
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Ahmed Yussuf@ahmedyussuf10
New from me & ⁦@jacksongs⁩: Sport in Australia's outer suburbs means long drives, jumping over fences and closed pools abc.net.au/news/2022-04-1…
April 10, 2022
The Australian • SIMON BENSON • April 10, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Labor in poll position as PM narrows gap
Scott Morrison has pulled ahead of Anthony Albanese as the preferred prime minister amid a further fall in popular support for Labor, as the two rivals prepare for battle in the first week of an election campaign framed as a referendum on leadership.
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