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This election is one of the worst I’ve seen. Here’s the one thing we can do to fix Australian politics

I think both sides of politics are treating us like mugs. Maybe like the mugs many of us have allowed ourselves to become.

  • Ross Gittins

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Wentworth’s Allegra Spender, Kingsford Smith MP Matt Thistlethwaite and Liberal candidate for Wentworth Ro Knox.

Handshake, strong words: first public face-off for Spender and Knox after legal threat

The independent Wentworth MP has debated Ro Knox for the first time since she threatened to sue the Liberal candidate over a campaign sign controversy.

  • Penry Buckley
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

We asked Australians what they really think about this election. Here’s what they said

We spoke to 12 undecided voters and asked them how they felt about the May 3 election, what they thought the big issues were - and what they thought the result would be.

  • Angus Delaney, Nick Newling, Penry Buckley and Hannah Hammoud
Curtin MP Kate Chaney.

Kate Chaney accuses Seven West Media of smear campaign

In a statement Chaney said the Kerry Stokes-chaired company was running a campaign against her to claw back lost influence on Australian politics.

  • Hamish Hastie
Teal candidate for Bradfield Nicolette Boele has apologised.

Teal candidate apologises for sexualised joke to teen hairdresser

Nicolette Boele allegedly told the young female hairdresser that her hair wash “was so good and I didn’t even have sex with you”.

  • Olivia Ireland and Alexandra Smith
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A very cross bench

Why do some men find the teals so triggering?

The powerful movement might hold the fate of the nation in its hands come election day.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Sean Marsh of Climate 200.

Climate 200 staffer calls for boycott of Israeli businesses

The call is particularly controversial among Jewish Australians, many of whom live in electorates represented by teal MPs with Climate 200 backing.

  • Paul Sakkal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference after visiting Government House to call for an election.

We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

Australians deserve better than the kind of visionless politics being dished up by the major parties.

  • The Age's View
Opposition frontbencher Jane Hume has complained to the electoral commission about the Gazette News titles.

Election watchdog clears ‘fake newspaper’ of breaking political advertising rules

Coalition frontbencher Jane Hume wrote to the Australian Electoral Commission earlier this month alleging Gazette News was a “fake newspaper”.

  • Paul Sakkal

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