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Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton faced off in the first leaders’ debate of the 2025 federal election.

Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: ASX plunges as Trump tariff backflip fallout continues; Dutton reportedly targeted in teenage boy’s terror plot

Keep up to date on all the news from the campaign trail with our live blog.

  • Josefine Ganko

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Peter Dutton spruiking his fuel excise policy on Thursday.

‘Copied from America’: Dutton launches election fight over EVs

The opposition leader has been accused of copying Donald Trump’s policies as the government responds to his pledge to scrap fuel-efficiency fines.

  • Mike Foley
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed the threat during a visit to the Northern Territory on Friday.

Albanese reveals legal proceedings over ‘serious incident’

The prime minister said he alerted Peter Dutton to an alleged terror plot targeting the opposition leader after it became public on Thursday.

  • Matthew Knott
Coalition campaign spokesman James Paterson said public servants could get payouts to leave.

Coalition to pay public servants to leave in redundancy scheme

The latest tweak to the opposition’s policy comes days after it ditched its plan to cut 41,000 jobs and said it would rely on attrition and a hiring freeze.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Peter Dutton took some leads from the Donald Trump playbook, but it appears to have backfired.

Trump-lite dynamite: Did copying the president’s playbook blow up Dutton’s campaign?

The opposition leader clearly thought he was on a good thing when he looked to the approach of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

  • Tony Wright
WA Premier Roger Cook has fired a shot at the NRL.

‘Disrespectful’ NRL snubs Western Australia. Again

The NRL is hosting a double-header in Perth this weekend, with hopes of drawing the prime minister. But the league’s top brass are staying home.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Liam Mannix
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Peter Dutton has said the fuel excise cut would last for 12 months.

Dutton drives home his pitch to commuters by dumping guzzler tax

Independent modelling shows outer suburbs have more to gain from the fuel excise cut as the Coalition campaigns to win over the outer suburbs.

  • Millie Muroi and Paul Sakkal

There’s a key problem in Dutton’s campaign, and he’s running out of time to fix it

Peter Dutton has run a steady race for three years, and looked at times like he was trouncing Anthony Albanese, but he enters the final three weeks as the laggard.

  • David Crowe
Wills Labor MP Peter Khalil (second from left) was joined by Labor colleagues including federal Housing Minister Clare O’Neil (centre) for an affordable housing announcement at an empty Coburg site.

Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Labor lashes Greens at proposed site of affordable housing in Coburg; double-up over dog park funding in Bruce

Join us over the next four weeks for an in-depth look at the candidates, hot-button issues, and a breakdown of the policies and campaign promises in four key Victorian electorates.

  • Cara Waters, Rachael Dexter, Tom Cowie, Charlotte Grieve, Brittany Busch and Tony Wright
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Federal election 2025 as it happened: ASX finishes up 4.5 per cent after Trump pauses most tariffs, but escalates trade war with China; Coalition’s climate target unclear after mixed messages

Keep up to date on the 2025 federal election campaign with our rolling live blog coverage.

  • Josefine Ganko and Alex Crowe

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