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Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton don’t see eye to eye on plenty of policy areas.

The key issues that will define the election – and where the major parties stand

Tax is a latecomer to the campaign agenda, Medicare has taken centre stage, and a nuclear energy fight will keep climate change in the conversation.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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These candidates are fighting it out in Victoria’s key seats.

Battleground Victoria: Why these candidates may hold the key to the federal election result

The major parties are facing a fight for heartland seats, while challengers are ready to reverse the teal tsunami of the previous election. This is where the fiercest battles will be fought.

  • Sophie Aubrey, Adam Carey, Rachael Dexter, Cara Waters, Lachlan Abbott, Benjamin Preiss, Clay Lucas and Tom Cowie
Rhiannon Crowley is renting a home with a balcony and would like to live somewhere with a courtyard.

The Melbourne suburbs where rents soared most over the past year

Some of the sharpest increases are in relatively affordable suburbs, but many affluent neighbourhoods have not been spared.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Sophie Hodges says rent is higher in her new Enmore share house than she paid before, but her work commute is quicker.

The Sydney suburbs where rents soared most over the past year

Rents in most Sydney suburbs are higher this year than last, but some landlords have been raising prices faster than the rest.

  • Alice Uribe
It’s been a week of a federal election heavily dominated by world politics. Here’s what Adam Bandt, Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese have been saying, and if it’s true.

Exaggerations from Albanese, Dutton lost in Trump’s tariff blitz

We take a look at the prime minister’s claim Dutton wanted to end bulk-billing and the Coalition’s claim grocery prices are up 30 per cent under Labor.

  • Bronte Gossling
Swan Hill rents have risen.

The surprising regional Victorian towns where rents are rising fastest

Some former Melburnians who made a tree-change a few years ago have stayed, but others are now leaving the city for a cheaper cost of living.

  • Emily Power
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Byron rents have jumped.

The glam NSW coastal town that’s back – after 18 months in the doldrums

It’s such a popular lifestyle location, but there aren’t enough homes available to satisfy the demand, and anything that comes onto the market goes.

  • Sue Williams
Amelia Geiss is renting on a budget.

‘Breaking point’: Melbourne rents hit record highs – again

House and unit rents have jumped in a range of neighbourhoods, putting more pressure on tenants reeling from almost four years of increases.

  • Elizabeth Redman

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

The opposition leader’s question is so seductive to people who don’t follow politics and the economy, and don’t want to use their grey matter.

  • Ross Gittins
The $400 school saving bonus is not means-tested.

Dear Jacinta Allan, thanks for the $400, but I really didn’t need it

Millions of parents are under intense pressure. But plenty are in cruise mode – financially chastened, but hardly on the bones of their bums. So why are we all getting free money?

  • Tom Ormonde

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