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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton campaigns in the Northern Territory on Saturday.

‘We’re not for sale’: Darwin port rebuffs PM, Dutton takeover pledge

Both Labor and the Coalition are on a unity ticket that Darwin port’s Chinese owner should have its 99-year lease axed.

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Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail on Friday.

Trump’s tariff war sparks regional security concerns

Donald Trump’s tariff blitz will impoverish developing regional nations and drive them towards China’s bosom, the government fears.

Peter Dutton says under the Coalition the Chinese owned Landbridge Group will cease to own the Port of Darwin.

Dutton to force Chinese company to sell Darwin Port; Albanese agrees

Peter Dutton has promised to end the Port of Darwin lease if elected and return it to Australian ownership. Anthony Albanese will do the same.

Unimpressed: Gina Rinehart.

Gas 15pc cheaper under Dutton plan, but Rinehart not happy

The average gas price would be 15 per cent cheaper had the Coalition’s gas reserve plan already been in place, Peter Dutton has claimed

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Who won the campaign’s 1st week (and where they went)

There are still four more weeks to go, and anything can happen.

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Albanese and Dutton

Election campaign sidesteps economic reform

Without a credible plan to steer Australia through mounting risks and uncertainty, the prospect of a majority government now hangs in the balance.

We asked the Coalition about its TikTok strategy. It sent us this video

Australia’s political parties have embraced TikTok brain rot – and they’re leaning into the weirdness.

Former Labor frontbencher Kristina Keneally was installed as Labor’s candidate over local Tu Le.

Labor wrong to parachute Keneally into key seat: Albanese

The prime minister’s admission came as he campaigned in the electorate of Fowler, held by high-profile independent Dai Le.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton cross paths at a Daily Telegraph event in Sydney.

Coalition: compensate super hacking victims, Chalmers calls attack ‘concerning’

The opposition says members who lost money should be compensated, as he accused the prime minister of not taking the cyberattack seriously enough. Here’s how the day unfolded.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used a forum in western Sydney to announce the extension.

Labor extends key small business tax break

The instant asset write-off for small business will be extended for one year, but Anthony Albanese says making it a permanent feature would slow or stop investment.

Tim Wilson.

Why Tim Wilson is risking being rejected (again)

For a politician with mostly centrist policies, the Liberal candidate for Goldstein arouses unusually strong feelings. What lies behind the man whom you can thank for your franking credits?

Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail.

Who won the first week of the election campaign

With week one done, we asked two former political staffers which leader had edged ahead on the election trail.

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Surely by now there would have been a press conference outside a servo in the suburbs.

How Labor is running rings around the Coalition with base politics

Peter Dutton needs people around him to start getting their hands dirty as the government makes it all about him.

Albanese speaking at a press conference on Thursday morning in Melbourne about the tariffs.

PM, Dutton both pledge US visit to reason with Trump after tariff hit

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton both say they will fly to the US soon after the election to try and convince Trump to reverse his decision.

Trump’s tariffs indicate picturesque Norfolk Island is tied for being the 11th “worst offender” when it comes to trade barriers against the US.

Norfolk Islanders overjoyed at brief elevation to tariff bad boys list

News that Norfolk Island was “ripping off” the US so much it would face a 29 per cent tariff was unexpected, to put it mildly.

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Labor MP Meryl Swanson has backed a controversial windfarm development off the coast of Newcastle.

Under threat Labor MP backs Hunter offshore wind

Meryl Swanson, Labor’s battleground MP in the seat of Paterson, has dropped her opposition to a controversial offshore wind proposal off the coast of Newcastle.

The PM was preparing for a group photo when he fell.

PM stumbles off stage at union event

The prime minister stumbled off stage at a union event in NSW; Bob Carr says Australia’s alliance with the US “counts for nothing” after Trump’s tariffs. Here’s how the day unfolded.

To many voters, what the Coalition would do differently to Labor is not immediately obvious.

Why the Liberals are failing to woo a changing nation

The party is reduced to emphasising minor policy differences while leaving unchallenged the central premise of Labor’s campaign.

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ASX wipes $38b; Australia’s ‘bizarre’ 29pc tariff; Scyne slashes staff

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

President Donald Trump unveils the reciprocal tariffs.

Libs and Labor election agendas not fit for Trump’s new trade world

Now, more than ever, we need leaders capable of acting in the national interest rather than in favour of sectional interests.

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