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Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: The electorates that will gauge the nation’s mood on big issues during the 2025 federal election

Join us over the next five weeks for an in-depth look at the candidates, hot-button issues, and a breakdown of the policies and campaign promises in four key electorates.

  • Clay Lucas, Cara Waters, Rachael Dexter and Charlotte Grieve

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The election campaign on Monday, March 31, 2025.

As it happened: PM pledges health funding in Perth after edging ahead in poll; Dutton visits NSW and flood-hit Queensland

Stay across all the headlines from day four of the 2025 federal election campaign as Labor seeks to gain momentum from a boost in the polls.

  • Angus Thomson, Olivia Ireland and Lachlan Abbott
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meet with Harsimranjeet Sidhu and baby Amber.

‘I’m just more confident’: How the PM has been practising to get a job he already has

Anthony Albanese has learnt a thing or two since his 2022 election campaign that began so disastrously and says he’s more confident and battle-hardened this time around.

  • Paul Sakkal
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WATCH: Liberal frontbencher heckled out of Melbourne mosque

The backlash came a day after Peter Dutton visited a Sydney mosque, as the Coalition courts voters in ethnically and religiously diverse communities.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Roger Cook addresses the media on March 31, 2025.

Roger Cook wants Albanese’s help with NRL stadium

Cook said he hadn’t had a “direct conversation” with the Albanese government about funding a new stadium, but pointed out the hundreds of millions of dollars the federal government had injected into other sporting projects around the country.

  • Hamish Hastie
Dr Jamal Rifi AM, a respected figure in Sydney’s Muslim community, fears “militant” tactics will fracture his electorate and result in a Liberal government less sympathetic to Palestine.

In Sydney’s west, division over Gaza action drives election debate

An activist group’s attempt to ban politicians from attending Muslim events has drawn criticism from some community leaders, but others insist politicians haven’t got the message.

  • Perry Duffin, Anthony Segaert and Matt Wade
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‘We love the harbour’: Dutton says he would live in Sydney as prime minister

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused the opposition leader of hubris and “measuring the curtains” before the election.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Olivia Ireland
Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese have different views on work from home.

Phantom issues and hiding details is no way to campaign

The two hip-pocket policies that opened the election campaign are not much to write home about.

  • The Herald's View
Peter Dutton visits a mosque

From yum cha to a mosque: Dutton sells himself as a multicultural champion

In his first weekend on the campaign trail Peter Dutton visited a mosque before a church, synagogue or a Hindu temple, inviting voters to take another look at him.

  • Matthew Knott
Departures of migrant visa holders are expected to accelerate in coming years, according to leading demographers.

Migration tipped to plummet as post-COVID visas set to expire

A key election issue is high immigration levels, but new research says these will plunge. That’s in addition to falling fertility and shorter lifespans.

  • Shane Wright

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