2022 election Australia

At least 21 political contests this election will be fought out between women, with female candidates going head-to-head in a swathe of seats across the ...

Welcome to day three of the federal election campaign, with Australians set to head to the polls on May 21.

But there is a way to shift some of the power back to the people and rebuild trust in our political system. “There’s a choice not just between me and Anthony Albanese. There’s a choice between Josh Frydenberg and his opponent. But the biggest thing that we need to do is stop nurses from leaving the sector as they’re doing today and bring nurses who have already left the sector back in.” “You know what would be a better way of showing that politicians are in touch with the need of everyday people? “Prime Minister, you’re coming to Victoria for the first time. And do you do you think you might lose the election?” The need to win elections is what makes politicians act like, well, politicians,” he said while soaking in the tub. It was the equivalent of a pitch invasion.” In her deleted posts, Ms Deves also said she was “triggered” by the rainbow pride flag. How would you like to play at the Olympics? That would be pretty awesome, wouldn’t it.” His press conference was dominated by one word on Tuesday, with the Opposition Leader using the word “mistake” at least 15 times. They had a fantastic (relationship),” he replied, before walking out on the presser shortly after.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese's campaign has again been derailed by another media-provoked error after breaking a key promise and shutting down his ...

Stream more election news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. The $125 million to both the Viva Energy refinery in Geelong and the Ampol refinery in Lytton unveiled by the Prime Minister and Energy Minister Angus Taylor will help major construction and facility upgrades. Mr Albanese told reporters on Monday that Labor had not dumped its plan to increase JobSeeker in the first budget, after Assistant treasury spokesman Andrew Leigh said the party had not committed to reviewing the figure. Mr Morrison used the opportunity to attack the Opposition Leader for setting a negative precedent for sledging, labelling the protester who called him a "disgrace" a pitch invader and a "Labor apparatchik". New to Flash? Try 1 month free. "Anthony Albanese sets the tone for the last three years where he basically says its ok to sledge and attack," Mr Morrison said. As Labor returned to the safe ground of healthcare, the Coalition turned back the dial to the 2013 Federal Election to campaign on jobs – with the Prime Minister hitting Sydney’s west and his seventh manufacturing visit in only three days. Unsurprisingly, he was forced to respond to an awkward run-in with a Labor faithful at a private event in Penrith, before the man shared the fiery confrontation to TikTok. Mr Albanese had earlier declared he would not run from scrutiny and that all journalists would get the opportunity to ask questions during his Federal Election campaign. But after only six minutes of Q&A, the Labor leader broke a promise he made to answer all questions from journalists and abruptly ended the press conference. Mr Albanese fielded tough questions on his attempts to link himself to the Hawke Government, and on reports that Labor would dump an inquiry into increasing JobSeeker payments. Anthony Albanese has failed to escape the campaign pressure after he broke a key promise and hastily bolted from a press conference.

Two pairs of child-sized “Crocs” were thrust before him, the country's future basketball stars hopeful for a signature from the Prime Minister.

Australian political parties reaching out to you with postal vote registration forms ahead of election day may be just as interested in your personal data ...

"They should be sending me to the electoral commission, not to their site," he said. "But what else they do with it is an open question." The AEC spokesman added that voters should "think twice" about providing personal details to parties and encouraged them to register their postal vote directly with the AEC He said applications for postal votes sent to parties are required to be forwarded to the AEC "ASAP", but there is nothing in Commonwealth law which would prevent a party from copying the personal information on those applications into their own voter databases. A spokesman for the AEC said it had observed a "digital evolution" from both major parties in how they were distributing their applications for postal votes. The privacy policy for Labor's postal vote registration website said the information it collects, including "in registration process", could be used to "communicate with you about various material".

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his priority is jobs, not a revisiting of stalled legislation for an integrity commission, if e-elected; ...

“The safeguard mechanism makes sure there is a pathway to 2050. I want to see the unemployment rate as low as possible,” he tells reporters at Cessnock. “Sometimes these big figures that look at the macro level. Georgie Moore There are half a million people, half a million people working three jobs or more. Georgie Moore Georgie Moore National security is our priority. I am not going to introduce a kangaroo court,” he told reporters in Launceston. The Labor Party don’t support it. “That is our priority. Georgie Moore

A noticeably fired-up and reinvigorated Anthony Albanese fronted the media on day four of his election campaign in an apparent bid to put his disastrous ...

What is your reaction to that and how are you going to change people’s perceptions of you?” he was asked. “I am making sure that I’m out there again with candidates. “And there’ll be a strong team for the Hunter, which will be a part of a strong Labor government that has a plan for a better future for Australia with strengthening Medicare, with more secure work, and with cheaper childcare.” “People know me. “I have a plan for the future, to plan for more secure work, to plan to strengthen Medicare, to plan for making more things here, and it’s a plan to take pressure off the cost of living.” That is what Australians are asking.

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Albanese disavowed the action, calling it “entirely inappropriate” and pleading that Australians “need to have civil discourse” in talking about politics. Murph talks about how the media covers the campaign while travelling with the leaders on their buses. “What we’ve said is we don’t have a plan to increase the jobseeker allowance in our first budget,” Albanese said. We’re told he initially wasn’t going to hold a press conference today after getting hammered for the first two days on his interest rates brain fade. He also stumbled on exactly which crucial marginal seat one of his other Liberals was running for, despite coming all the way to Victoria especially for a whistlestop visit. The PM is expected to be in Tasmania later on Wednesday.

Labor's candidate for Hasluck Tania Lawrence has called for an improved national sovereign firefighting capability with more large air tankers a focu.

“This supports the leasing and standing/positioning costs of a national fleet of highly specialised firefighting aircraft, including the recently announced large air tanker for use by state and territory emergency services and land management agencies across Australia. The Morrison government rejected a call by the royal commission to create a national sovereign firefighting fleet, preferring to keep responsibility for aerial firefighting in the hands of states and territories. Lawrence called for improved national aerial firefighting capabilities by purchasing more large air tankers and increasing night firefighting capabilities, as recommended by the royal commission which followed the devastating 2019-20 Victorian and NSW bushfire season.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has declared Australia won't need offshore detention centres because 'we'll turn the boats' back - a claim which Prime ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has faced questions over a promise to establish a federal integrity commission as Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese campaigns ...

"I don't want the Labor model. "We put forward our proposal promise in detailed legislation and it has not been supported by the Labor Party. I need bipartisan support to put that in place. The bill was out for consultation for a year, no changes were made despite 300 submissions, more than 300 submissions so what attempts have you made to get actual bipartisan crossbench support for this? And that is why it is so important that we continue to ensure we have a sovereign forestry industry here in this country which is exactly what this is about. So how exactly will this announcement help tradies that can't find timber, or they're able to, help deal with the skyrocketing prices? "This is what returning to normal looks like. By Jessica Riga By Jessica Riga By Jessica Riga By Jessica Riga By Jessica Riga By Jessica Riga

Scott Morrison will campaign in Tasmania today, Labor is defending its decision to temporarily shelve changes to JobSeeker payments and the Greens continue ...

Part of the problem we have seen is that you have seen a reduction in Commonwealth engagement and involvement in building new social housing. The Reserve Bank have said that interest rates will increase regardless of who is in government, they have foreshadowed that. I have spoken on this several times and made the view that all sides of politics agree that we should have some sort of national integrity body. When we were last in office we built something in the order of 20,000 additional social housing units. Morrison: We put forward our proposal in detailed legislation and it has not been supported by the Labor Party. I need bipartisan support to put that in place. “Or they can listen to Anthony Albanese, who has been a complete weathervane on this issue. Morrison went on to say he designed the boat turnback policy and implemented it. That is what Australians are asking.” “Lower rates were seen in the series before November 1974, when the survey was quarterly.” I put forward a detailed plan, a detailed proposal which the Labor Party rejects. “I stood firm on that policy. There is no way you could make it happen.

PM said government had not broken its election promise to create anti-corruption body, despite never introducing legislation.

She said she’d had limited exposure to the NSW body given she lives in Tasmania. The Labor party don’t support it. The Coalition’s model is a commission that will not conduct public hearings or release reports into alleged corruption by public servants and politicians. “I put forward a detailed plan, a detailed proposal which the Labor party rejects. Morrison claimed incorrectly on Thursday he had not broken an election promise. The model has been panned by experts for the narrow definition of corruption and high bar for starting investigations.

Over the next six weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese will dash around the country, trying to secure as many precious ...

The working class did not vote more for the Coalition than Labor in 2019, there was a bit of a swing in some seats. Abetz is running a below-the-line campaign and has billboards across the state with no Liberal branding to try to maximise his chances. Labor won 60% of the primary vote and 70% 2PP. The Liberals were reduced to a humiliating two seats in the 59-seat Legislative Assembly, cutting resources and morale for the upcoming federal contest. The preferences of the Greens, Jacqui Lambie Network and independent Craig Garland are expected to decide the seat. In 2019, the Liberal Party won three of the six seats up for election, the ALP claimed two seats and the Greens won one seat. Tasmania has just five House of Representative seats but two of them are very marginal and a third is held by an independent. If a large anti-Coalition vote comes in the seat of Sturt (held by the Liberals on 6.9%) would also fall. Morrison is more of a known quantity in WA compared to Albanese, which may help him at the ballot box. Longstanding Liberal sitting members Steve Irons and Christian Porter are retiring and the latter’s seat of Pearce has had a major redistribution, which should help Labor’s candidate Tracey Roberts, who is the local mayor. In 2019, the freshly-minted Morrison – with baseball cap, rolled up sleeves and beer in hand – struck a note of authenticity. We often say a general election is really a series of mini-elections whose parts are more critical than the whole. Despite recent relief in fuel prices, the soaring costs of fresh food and housing are high on Australians’ list of gripes.

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“It’s known as a memory ad,” she wrote. “Not just rich people, people in the middle. He’s expecting those blokes who share his values to bring their women and children with him.” “It’s Morrison talking to his own people. Then we spy, through a window, the prime minister diligently working away beneath a photo of Queen Elizabeth II. “The wedding ring was one of a number of crude buttons he was pressing – the ‘I’m married’ button.”

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has repeatedly claimed the Labor leader wants an inheritance tax and described it as his '30-year-project' in an opinion piece in ...

The Labor leader - who was brought up in housing commission by a single mum - has previously advocated a death tax. Anthony Albanese (pictured on Thursday with nurses) has confirmed he has no plans to introduce a death tax Anthony Albanese has confirmed he has no plans to introduce a death tax despite what Labor calls a scare campaign from the Coalition.

The first official week of the election campaign was always going to wind down early because of the Easter weekend, but a car accident involving prime minister ...

Rio has previously noted the resources council’s advocacy for increased coal use was not aligned with its climate and energy policy. We have ongoing fortnightly meetings scheduled to July and are working to reach agreement on a range of matters, some of which have not yet been raised for full discussion. Our position will not be shifted by industrial action, but by good-faith negotiation at the bargaining table. It’s been a difficult time for the higher education sector, and we still face an uncertain future. Caitlin Cassidy wrote earlier about the University of Sydney strikes. Here are some highlights from prime minister Scott Morrison’s day, before it was horribly cut short: Labor maintained the budget they’d allocated was sound, with Albanese rebuffing questions by maintaining the independent PBO had costed it. Here’s the wrap of today’s headlines: It follows Rio management supporting a shareholder activists’ resolution that called on it to suspend membership of industry associations that advocated for the development of new and expanded coal mines. As part of the negotiations, the university has offered a nationally leading entitlement to 30 days gender affirmation and transition leave and a range of other enhanced leave benefits and entitlements. “The costing of Labor’s urgent care centre policy is based on work done by the PBO, but for the avoidance of any confusion, has not been formally costed by the PBO,” she tweeted at 5.51pm, on the night before a four-day long weekend. Hunt had already criticised the policy, claiming it was a redux of the last Labor government’s “failed super clinics policy - Labor’s worst health failure of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd years, other than stopping the listing of medicines on the PBS”.

The Labor leader has shared a plan to deliver relief for those facing rent pressure.

The CHIA wants all parties to commit to a national housing strategy involving all levels of government and the private and not-for-profit sectors. “We changed also the social experience of people in that public housing.” “When we were last in office we built something in the order of 20,000 additional social housing units but we renovated or refurbished some 80,000.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese struggled through an explanation on border security before providing yet another forced correction as a short and difficult ...

I will be getting about being me, putting forward my proposition,” Mr Albanese told reporters in the marginal Labor-held seat of Hunter. I’m willing to have an increased military presence here”. Mr Kroger said the blunder was not a mistake but was in fact “profound ignorance”. “I need bipartisan support to put that in place, I am not going to introduce a kangaroo court,” the Prime Minister said during a campaign stop in the marginal seat of Bass. Later in the day, the Morrison campaign was forced to cancel the remaining events in Tasmania after a security detail car for the Prime Minister was involved in a two-vehicle crash. “He has supported everything he has opposed and he has opposed everything that he has supported,” he said.

Scott Morrison will campaign in Tasmania today, Labor is defending its decision to temporarily shelve changes to JobSeeker payments and the Greens continue ...

Today, the unemployment rate at 4 per cent compared to an unemployment rate under the Labor Party at 5.7 per cent. Morrison: We put forward our proposal in detailed legislation and it has not been supported by the Labor Party. I need bipartisan support to put that in place. I have spoken on this several times and made the view that all sides of politics agree that we should have some sort of national integrity body. Morrison went on to say he designed the boat turnback policy and implemented it. “Lower rates were seen in the series before November 1974, when the survey was quarterly.” WA’s unemployment rate has been below four per cent for five of the past six quarters, driven by hot mining, property and construction sectors. Today’s job numbers confirm that the Morrison government’s economic plan is working. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed there were 18,000 more people in jobs in March and unemployment fell by 12,000. So I will not be telling the people of the Hunter Valley which way they’re voting. Speaking from the Illawarra in NSW, Bandt said the Green Steel Innovation would provide $200 million to the region over five years. The plan was announced yesterday and is budgeted at $135 million. The ICAC proposal to which he was referring has been criticised for lacking “teeth”.