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Greg Brown is the Canberra Bureau chief. He previously spent five years covering federal politics for The Australian where he built a reputation as a newsbreaker consistently setting the national agenda.

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NEWS2019ELECTION 13/5/2019. DAY 33Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is mobbed by school students while visiting St Joseph's Catholic College in East Gosford.Picture Kym Smith

Gender plan failed

Removing names from job applications to tackle gender bias backfired in a previous trial.

Greg Brown and Rosie Lewis

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Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten kisses his wife Chloe after speaking at the 2019 ALP Final Week Rally at the Clocktower in Melbourne, Sunday, May 12, 2019. A Federal election will be held in Australian on Saturday May 18, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

‘Kiss climate action delay goodbye’

The Opposition Leader yesterday rallied supporters to use every minute of the remaining six days to win over voters.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 17: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten watches Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen speak to the media during a visit to St John of God Midland Public hospital on April 17, 2019 in Perth, Australia. Labor today committed to spending $20 million on a 'Right to Trial' program giving blood cancer patients access to clinical trial drugs and therapies if elected. (Photo by Stefan Postles/Getty Images)

ALP to match deposit plan

Labor will match the Coalition’s first home deposit scheme, calling it a “desperate” attempt to try and relate to battlers.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison during the Liberal Party campaign launch for the 2019 Federal election at the Melbourne Convention Centre in Melbourne, Sunday, May 12, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

PM announces home loan scheme

PM pledges new borrowing scheme enabling first home owners to buy their first property with a deposit of down to 5 per cent.

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Labor seizes on RBA forecast

PM says economic downgrade is consistent with Coalition predictions as Bill Shorten says it ‘makes case for us’.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Nationals member for Capricornia Michelle Landry pour polymer during a visit Nu-Tank polyethylene manufacturing facility in Rockhampton, Friday, May 10, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Mining meets climate change head on

In regional Queensland, Scott Morrison pushed coalmining and Bill Shorten spruiked Labor’s climate change credentials.

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg during the treasurers debate with Opposition treasurer Chris Bowen at the National Press Club in Canberra, Monday, May 6, 2019. (AAP Image/Rohan Thomson) NO ARCHIVING

Two big flaws in Labor’s costings: Treasurer

Josh Frydenberg says there are major holes in Labor’s budget costings.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison hammers a nail at an investment property development in Port Macquarie, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Oakeshott could call shots

Rob Oakeshott has left the door open to backing a Bill Shorten-led minority government if he wins Cowper.

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NEWS2019ELECTION 08/05/2019. DAY 28 Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits Burwood Shopping precinct in Sydney's west, meeting locals along the way, with Fiona Martin, Liberal Candidate for Reid. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Libs give sermon on Labor sins

Scott Morrison used former NSW Labor leader Michael Daley’s anti-Asian comments as his chief campaign weapon yesterday.

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Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten and Prime Minister Scott Morrison during the third Leaders Debate at the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Welcome to the parallel dimension that is the Canberra ‘bubble’

In a darkened room far, far away in the National Press Club, Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten got down to business.

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