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Hello readers. Bill Shorten is mobbed by screaming school girls while talking up his record on women, and a terrorist trio make history.

Boothby Liberal candidate Nicole Flint in Windsor Gardens SA.

GetUp campaign fails to dent crucial seat

The Liberal Party has received a boost in its bid to retain the marginal South Australian seat of Boothby, with a new poll finding it six points ahead of Labor.

Incumbent Nicolle Flint, a first-term MP linked to the Liberals’ conservative faction, is ahead of Labor rival Nadia Clancy, despite an intense campaign against her.

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

Schoolgirls mob Shorten

Bill Shorten appeals to high school students at an all-girls Catholic school by talking up his record on women. Meanwhile, Clive Palmer is snapped having dinner while on a Fiji getaway, in the final days of the election campaign. Keep up with the latest from the campaign trail in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Greens candidate for Cronulla and Cook Jonathan Doig.

Greens attacks on Israel exposed

Jewish leaders have urged Richard Di Natale to call out anti-Semitism within the Greens, after candidates in NSW federal seats called Israel an “apartheid regime” where politicians “openly advocate genocide”.

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The parents of Olivia Inglis, Charlotte and Arthur Inglis arrive at the Lidcombe Coroner's Court, Sydney, Monday 13 May, 2019. An Inquest ha begun into the deats of Caitlyn Fisher and Olivia Inglis, two young equestrians who died in separate falls at competition. (AAP Image/Peter Rae) NO ARCHIVING

Mother had concerns over fatal jump

The mother of teenage rider Olivia Inglis, who died while competing at an elite cross-country event in March 2016 “had concerns” about the jump her daughter died at, even before the competition began, a coronial inquiry has heard.

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Auction at 52 Chesterfield Road in Epping attracted a crowd of over 200, with at least 8 Police in attendance because of the houses history as a "Drug House." Pictured is Auctioneer Charles Baynie. Picture: David Swift.

Mortgage fall beats forecasts

The number of home-loan approvals fell by a seasonally adjusted 2.5 per cent in March from February, the Bureau of Statistics said. Economists had expected a 0.5 per cent fall for the month.

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01/04/2019: Trial for three Sunni Muslims accused of firebombing a Shia mosque in Fawkner. Co-accused Ahmed Mohamed leaves court. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Terrorist trio makes history

A Victorian judge is preparing to sentence three Sunni Muslim men for committing a terrorist act, the first time people have been sentenced for an attack successfully carried out in Australia.