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Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and their supporters made some questionable claims this week on their race to the top.

Did Albanese ‘lie 97 times’, did Coalition ‘rip $30 billion’ out of schools? We reality check

We take a look at questionable claims made by those on the campaign trail while everyone’s been distracted by Donald Trump’s reign of chaos.

  • Bronte Gossling

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Lidia Thorpe: “The country doesn’t see the really generous, kind and caring person she is,” says Thorpe’s friend, Sissy Austin.

‘When someone says something nice to me, I just burst into tears’: Inside the mind of Lidia Thorpe

The independent MP knows she’s both loved and loathed, including within her own community – but wants to make it clear she’s more than “an angry black woman”.

  • Melissa Fyfe
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton dodges questions about Liberal candidate pleading guilty to financial charge

Liberals are asking questions about their party’s vetting process as candidates keep making headlines.

  • James Massola, Natassia Chrysanthos and Olivia Ireland
Greens leader Adam Bandt during a press conference at Parliament House on Thursday.

Greens want to force negative gearing, capital gains tax back on agenda

The minor party hopes to exploit a hung parliament to get negative gearing and capital gains tax changes back onto the table.

  • James Massola
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon arrive for the Labor’s Building Australia’s Future campaign rally at the State Library of Queensland.

Big Labor rally targets battleground seat of Griffith as Green cries copycat

Max Chandler-Mather scoffed as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese turned up in the Greens MP’s inner-city Brisbane seat.

  • Mike Foley and Olivia Ireland
Joanna Horton at the Smug Fig in Stones Corner, Brisbane. Horton is the author of novels Catching the Light and Between You and Me (Ultimo Press).

Brisbane author Joanna Horton on friendship, desire and the Greens

Joanna Horton, partner of Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather, balances activism and motherhood with writing powerful novels about human connection.

  • Nick Dent
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Dr Kerryn Phelps briefly held the inner-Sydney seat of Wentworth.

Independents wield the power of balance

The emergence of more and more credible community independent campaigns is a sign that more Australians are actively engaging in the political process.

  • Kerryn Phelps
MP Josh Burns is in a tight three-way fight in his seat of Macnamara.

Labor moves to punish Greens over Gaza stance – and it could play into Liberal hands

The inner-south seat of Macnamara takes in Melbourne’s Jewish community and is being targeted vigorously by the Greens.

  • Paul Sakkal

The five key battlegrounds where Albanese or Dutton will win the election

This election is not just a battle between Labor and the Coalition for bellwether seats. Instead, the campaign will be fought on several fronts.

  • James Massola
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Albanese edges ahead of Dutton as Labor bounces back: poll

The dramatic swing has tightened the race for power in the opening stage of the election campaign, putting Labor and the Coalition neck and neck in two-party terms.

  • David Crowe

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