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We talked to 12 Australians about who they will vote for.

We spoke to Australians at the start and end of the campaign. Here’s what changed

We checked in again with 13 undecided voters we spoke to at the start of this year’s federal election campaign. Most have made up their minds.

  • Penry Buckley, Hannah Hammoud, Nick Newling and Angus Delaney

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Monique Ryan volunteers.

Election watchdog opens probe into Monique Ryan volunteer video

The video shows two people in Ryan campaign T-shirts handing out the teal MP’s how-to-vote cards and saying they were directed to vote for her by groups with links to the Chinese Communist Party.

  • Paul Sakkal
Monique Ryan volunteers.

Watch: Group with historical CCP links ‘required’ Chinese Australians to vote for Ryan

In the video, volunteers in campaign T-shirts say they were required to vote for the teal MP by the Hubei Association.

  • Paul Sakkal and Cindy Yin
Duke Wong for the senate.

Who is Duke Wong, the Qld independent campaigning out of his car?

“If I can get my message out to all Queenslanders, once they hear this, I will get 450,000 votes,” says the little-known Senate candidate.

  • William Davis
Greens leader Adam Bandt and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in discussion during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 5 September 2023. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Bandt retaliates against Labor by putting teals, Payman before government

Fatima Payman’s chances of gaining a Senate ally have been given a boost by the Greens, after the minor party was infuriated by Labor’s preferencing decision in a critical seat.

  • Paul Sakkal
Goldstein MP Zoe Daniel.

Teals called slanted polls ‘an affront to democracy’. Climate 200 uses them

Listen to a call obtained by this masthead that delivers praise of teal Zoe Daniel and tarnishes her opponents under the banner of a survey.

  • Olivia Ireland
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We asked Australians what they really think about this election. Here’s what they said

We spoke to 12 undecided voters and asked them how they felt about the May 3 election, what they thought the big issues were - and what they thought the result would be.

  • Angus Delaney, Nick Newling, Penry Buckley and Hannah Hammoud
Sean Marsh of Climate 200.

Climate 200 staffer calls for boycott of Israeli businesses

The call is particularly controversial among Jewish Australians, many of whom live in electorates represented by teal MPs with Climate 200 backing.

  • Paul Sakkal
Opposition frontbencher Jane Hume has complained to the electoral commission about the Gazette News titles.

Election watchdog clears ‘fake newspaper’ of breaking political advertising rules

Coalition frontbencher Jane Hume wrote to the Australian Electoral Commission earlier this month alleging Gazette News was a “fake newspaper”.

  • Paul Sakkal
Liberal member for Wannon Dan Tehan (left) and independent candidate Alex Dyson.

From $5525 to $540,000: Ex-radio host’s whopping campaign war chest in third tilt against Liberals

Independent candidate Alex Dyson has amassed almost 100 times more in donations than the amount he spent during his first attempt at unseating Liberal Dan Tehan.

  • James Massola

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