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Dutton Albanese composite index.

Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Dutton denies recruiting Brethren church members after Queensland office vandalised; Welcome to Country debate dominates campaign

Follow live as we bring you all the news from the final week of the election campaign.

  • Nick Newling, Olivia Ireland and Alex Crowe

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A chart showing the redistribution of votes in Bennelong, 2022

Inside the count in Australia’s most marginal electorate

Preferential voting is described as a strength of Australia’s electoral system, but how does it work? We track every vote and every round from the last count in the ultra-marginal seat of Bennelong.

  • Angus Delaney, Nathanael Scott, Richard Lama and The Visual Stories Team
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in a brief moment of good cheer ahead of a negative final debate.

Federal election 2025 as it happened: Dutton’s bus gets stuck in Sydney, Albanese visits NSW Central Coast

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  • Olivia Ireland, Nick Newling and Nicole Precel
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese… basking in the glow of incumbency.

Selfies, hecklers and obscenities as Albanese risks a walk down the street

“You’re the reason we’re broke, bro”, said one man driving past the prime minister. Another called him something that only an Australian would consider a compliment.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
2025 Federal Election. Victorian Liberal Party Rally at Melton Entertainment Park in the seat of Hawke. Opposition leader Peter Dutton. Sunday 27th April 2025. Photo: James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 250427.

What fuelled Dutton’s rise is now derailing his bid to be PM

The Coalition’s campaign has been plagued by mistakes and missteps. But the leader’s looseness has compounded any strategic flaws.

  • Sean Kelly
Leaders’ debate.

As it happened: Albanese and Dutton face off in final leaders’ debate

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  • Olivia Ireland and Angus Delaney
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Albanese and Dutton shake hands ahead of the final leaders’ debate on Sunday evening.

From Trump’s phone number to the price of eggs, our experts give their verdicts on the final debate

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the odd claim that Donald Trump does not have a mobile phone, but he was much closer to guessing the price of a dozen eggs.

  • David Crowe, Matthew Knott and Jacqueline Maley
Duke Wong for the senate.

Who is Duke Wong, the Qld independent campaigning out of his car?

“If I can get my message out to all Queenslanders, once they hear this, I will get 450,000 votes,” says the little-known Senate candidate.

  • William Davis
Salmon farming in Tasmania has become central to the federal election campaign.

Troubled waters: Tasmania goes to the polls for the ‘salmon election’

Tasmania has just five federal seats. But many locals think the smallest state could be crucial to deciding who forms government in May.

  • Bianca Hall

Gen Zs, Millennials, Boomers. Is it all just silly talk? Not at this election

Baby Boomers and their elders are outnumbered by Millennials and Gen Zs at this election. What does the shift mean for politics? And who invented “generations” anyway?

  • Angus Holland

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