Your morning Briefing: Refugees on Nauru hope for change

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Hello readers. Refugees on Nauru are hoping a change of government will bring relaxed border policies, and Labor promises bigger a bigger surplus than the Coalition.

NEWS2019ELECTION 09/05/2019. DAY 29 Labor Leader Bill Shorten talks to ACFS port logistics workers at the Port of Brisbane, where his electioneering continues. Picture: Liam Kidston

Hope for change

Refugees on Nauru and Manus ­Island are hoping a new government will be elected and tough border policies overhauled. Keep up with the latest from the campaign trail in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Labor pledges $23bn surplus

Labor is expected to pledge a budget surplus of $23bn by 2022, more than twice the Coalition’s $9bn projected surplus.

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Labor MP Anne Aly (centre) and her colleagues (right) Terri Butler and (clockwise from top left) Mike Kelly, Susan Templeman, Brian Mitchell and Justin Elliott all relied on Greens preferences to win their seats at the last federal election.

Labor’s MPs via the Greens

A record number of Labor MPs will owe their seats in parliament to the Greens if Bill Shorten wins next Saturday’s election.

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Qantas boss Alan Joyce has broken his silence over Israel Folau.

Joyce breaks silence

Qantas boss Alan Joyce says he fully supports Rugby Australia’s tough stance against Israel Folau. Alan Jones suggests Folau battles for all Australians.

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No let-up

Ahmed Fahour is not done yet with his calculated raid on Christine Holgate’s Australia Post.

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Lobbecke oped art for May 10 2019

Climate debate a war of religion

Henry Ergas asks, why do Labor and the Greens insist on making a decision without having faced up to its likely effects?

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Kudelka’s view

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