An ugly contest for one of the country’s tightest seats has broken out into slurs,captured in a video seen by this masthead,and a complaint to the election watchdog.
The AEC is looking into claims the office of the housing minister requested campaign volunteers linked to an association with ties to Beijing.
Pauline Hanson claimed she could win Senate spots in most states as One Nation goes further than the Coalition on conservative issues.
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.
In the video,volunteers in campaign T-shirts say they were required to vote for the teal MP by the Hubei Association.
The opposition leader is planning to visit 28 seats between now and election day in a marathon aimed at turning his political fortunes around.
With a week to go to the election,bookies and punters have Labor the favourite in 77 seats,a figure that would secure majority government and a second term for Anthony Albanese.
With one week to go before election day,Liberal Party insiders are asking themselves what they can do to turn their campaign’s fortunes around.
Australia’s richest person has called for a gargantuan rise in defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP at a sunset vigil before Anzac Day.
Labor has gone on the offensive against the Coalition in key marginal seats after gaining a boost in published opinion polls.