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Hello readers. ScoMo wants independents to tip their hand on who they would support in a hung parliament, and Doris Day is dead.

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MAY 13: Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets with former deputy Prime Minister Julie Bishop at a Liberal Party Rally in the seat of Swan during campaigning for the federal elections on May 13, 2019 in Perth, Australia. The Coalition announced they will invest $600,000 in upgrading the facilities for the National Women's program. The Australian federal election will be held on May 18, 2019. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

Declaration of independents

Scott Morrison has called on ­independents to declare whether they would support the Coalition or Labor in a hung parliament. Simon Benson writes that the Coalition has made up significant ground in most mainland states in the past five weeks. Keep up with all the latest from the campaign trail in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Doris Day in Calamity Jane

Day dead

Doris Day, the honey-voiced singer and actress whose film dramas, musicals and comedies made her a top star in the 50s and 60s, has died.

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NEWS2019ELECTION 13/5/2019. DAY 33Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Chris Bowen holding a press conference while visiting St Joseph's Catholic College in East Gosford.Picture Kym Smith

Cost of Labor

We are entitled to ask what these endless Labor promises, without detail, will cost, writes Alan Jones.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 09, 2017, US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hand with China's President Xi Jinping at the end of a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - China said Monday, May 13, 2019 it will raise tariffs on $60 billion worth of US goods from June 1, in retaliation to the latest round of US tariff hikes and Washington's plans to target almost all Chinese imports. The announcement came after the latest round of US-China trade negotiations ended Friday, May 10, 2019 without a deal, and after Washington increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. (Photo by Fred DUFOUR / AFP)

New tariffs

As China announces new tariffs on US goods, hopes fade for a resolution to the worsening trade dispute.

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Artist impressions of Crown Residences at One Barangaroo in Sydney. Supplied on 13/05/2019.

$40m rooms

While the housing market stagnates, the ultra-rich are looking for high-rise investments.

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Kudelka’s view

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