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Madura McCormack is the Federal Political Reporter at The Courier-Mail based in Brisbane. She was previously political reporter at the NT News and the Townsville Bulletin, and has also worked at Mackay’s Daily Mercury following her cadetship at The Courier-Mail.

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Trump, China posts come back to haunt LNP hopeful

A Queensland LNP candidate whose campaign launch featured MAGA-inspired trinkets previously blamed feminists for aiding Donald Trump’s election loss and labelled China a “grub of a country”.

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NCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION Labor BUS. DAY 12 09/04/2025 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail In QLD.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits the Barron River Bridge north west of Cairns near Kuranda, joined by Senator for Queensland Nita Green and Labor candidate for Leichhardt Matt Smith, to announce a $245 million commitment from a re-elected Labor Government towards a new bridge on the Kennedy Highway a main link for Far North Queensland.Picture: Jason Edwards / NewsWire

Trump brags world leaders ‘kiss my ass’ – Albo says he’s not one of them

Anthony Albanese says he only deals with world leaders “as an equal” after Donald Trump bragged “countries are calling up to kiss my ass”. LIVE ELECTION UPDATES

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NCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION Labor BUS. DAY 11 08/04/2025 Australian Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese debates Liberal opposition leader Peter Dutton at the Sky News / Daily Telegraph Peoples Forum.Picture: Jason Edwards / NewsWire .

Albanese and Dutton clash in first debate – and the winner is…

The two prospective PMs traded blows on health, education and “incredibly tough times ahead” in a policy-heavy debate – and now the audience verdict is in. SEE HOW IT UNFOLDED

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Liberal candidate for the NSW seat of Whitlam, Benjamin Britton pictured here with Peter Dutton. Picture: Liberal Party

Disendorsed Liberal candidate claims party ‘witch hunt’

Dumped candidate Benjamin Britton blames a factional “witch hunt” within the NSW Liberals for his disendorsement as the candidate for Whitlam.

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Liberal candidate for the NSW seat of Whitlam, Benjamin Britton pictured here with Peter Dutton. Picture: Liberal Party

‘I’m a victim of witch hunt’: Libs’ dumped candidate speaks out

Days after being dumped by the Liberals, Ben Britton has lashed out at his former party claiming he’s the victim of a political “witch hunt”.

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#BREAKING UPLOAD# NCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION Labor BUS. DAY 10 08/04/2025 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail In NSW.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits headspace Ashfield with Member for Reid Sally Sitou, Health Minister Mark Butler, and Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Emma McBride to meet clinicians and announce a $1 billion mental health plan.A protester yells about climate at the Australian Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese . Picture: Jason Edwards / NewsWire

Dutton’s stinging Dan Andrews swipe after protesters target Albo

Peter Dutton has challenged Anthony Albanese to campaign alongside former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews as a hysterical protester hijacked the PM’s event. FOLLOW LIVE

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NCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION Labor BUS. DAY 6 03/04/2025 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail In NSW.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits Maitland Hospital in the Hunter region with Minister Mark Butler, Member for Paterson Meryl Swanson, and Dr. Thiha Kyaw. The visit about plans for a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Maitland.Picture: Jason Edwards / NewsWire

Labor pledges $1bn for more than 100 mental health centres

Labor has again made Medicare centre stage of the election with a colossal mental health package of $1bn for more than 100 new or upgraded mental health centres. SEE THE LIST

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 07:Treasurer Jim Chalmers addresses the media in a press conference in Sydney. Photo by Gaye Gerard / NewsWire

Super-sized rates cut on the table as world markets melt down

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says interest rates could be slashed by 50 basis points next month with more cuts to follow, as the world plunges into economic turmoil.

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EATON HILL AUSTRALIA THURSDAY 3RD AprilRIL 2025 Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy of Australia Chris Bowen press conference in the seat of Dickson with local ALP candidate Ali France Picture David Clark

Chris Bowen slugs taxpayers $260k for travel to 10 countries

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has racked up a travel bill of $260,000 at the expense of taxpayers — also generating as much as 200 tonnes of carbon emissions.

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Spot the difference: PM evokes Newman in fresh Dutton broadside

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has evoked the powerful ghost of former premier Campbell Newman’s cuts to the public service to peel voters away from the Coalition in Queensland. VOTE IN OUR POLL

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