Clare O’Neil and Anthony Albanese.

Taskforce to investigate polling recruits for Clare O’Neil and Monique Ryan

The AEC is looking into claims the office of the housing minister requested campaign volunteers linked to an association with ties to Beijing.

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Greens leader Adam Bandt and influencers Abbie Chatfield (centre) and Holly MacAlpine,pose for photos with toothbrushes symbolising the minor party’s plan to put dental care in Medicare.

Six influencers debated politics. It all went well – until the cameras stopped rolling

US reality star and convicted felon Joe “Tiger King” Exotic has endorsed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. It’s just the latest in a long string of interventions from influencers in this year’s election.

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A man votes at The Annaburroo Bark Hut on the Arnhem highway in the ward of Maraki in the Northern Territory in the seat of Lingiari.

The 150 ways Australia’s electorates are wildly different

Australia’s 150 federal electorates will be in the spotlight on Saturday. Here’s how they vary.

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We don’t yet know who will win the election,but who won the campaign is clear

Voters thought Dutton and the Coalition were the best choice to lead the country as recently as February,but everything changed when the election was called.

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Labor holds clear lead as time runs short for a Coalition rebound,poll reveals

Australians have given Labor a clear lead over the Coalition in the final stage of the federal election campaign – and that extends to the leadership of the nation.

  • David Crowe
A chart showing the redistribution of votes in Bennelong,2022

Inside the count in Australia’s most marginal electorate

Preferential voting is described as a strength of Australia’s electoral system,but how does it work? We track every vote and every round from the last count in the ultra-marginal seat of Bennelong.

  • Angus Delaney,Nathanael Scott,Richard Lama andThe Visual Stories Team
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon during the Building Australia’s Future rally at the Parramatta Town Hall.

How HECS debt burdens will shape Labor’s final-week pitch

Labor will target millions of younger voters by pledging to slash student debt in a final push for power at the federal election this Saturday.

  • David Crowe
Electorate of Griffith in Brisbane.

‘There could be 100 votes in it’:Max Chandler-Mather faces close race in diverse seat

Griffith was held by Labor for almost a quarter of a century before the ‘Greenslide’ of 2022. Its current progressive MP faces a tough fight to retain it.

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Victoria’s hot seats week four as it happened:Our on-camera chat with Amelia Hamer in Kooyong;A battle of Wills:NOBS group highlights what’s missing north of Bell Street

Follow our rolling in-depth coverage of key Victorian seats in this federal election campaign.

  • Rachael Dexter,Charlotte Grieve,Clay Lucas andCara Waters
A corflute for Ryan MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown near the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus.

‘Ripe for a teal candidate’:Inside Queensland’s bluest Greens seat

Three years on from Brisbane city’s “Greenslide”,three seats are in the firing line. But while the party’s weakest seat,Ryan,might be leafy,locals aren’t so sure it’s still Green.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt