60 m. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Albanese eyes three terms as polls set to open across Australia; Coalition campaigns to bitter end

Follow along as Australia decides who will lead the country for the next three years.

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12 h. ago A picture is worth a thousand words, especially in an election campaign. Here are our top picks

James Brickwood and Alex Ellinghausen have been travelling the country with the party leaders during this gruelling election campaign. Here are the best of their photos from the time.

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13 h. ago The tables have turned, and Putin’s country is now in dire trouble

The alarm bells are ringing for the Russian president as he tries to hold together an exhausted war economy.

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14 h. ago Everything you need to know about Grayndler, a tiny but mighty jewel in Labor’s crown

It’s one of the country’s smallest electorates, but its storied history – and one candidate in particular – makes ballots from the inner-Sydney division crucial.

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20 h. ago ‘Skimp on the Barbie’: Murdoch US tabloid skewers Trump tariffs with Aussie jibe

Donald Trump’s throwaway line about children having fewer dolls has gone viral in the US, and was spoofed on the front page of one of his favourite newspapers using a phrase Americans still associate with Australia.

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23 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: ‘Country needs continuity’, PM says; Dutton predicts 2019

Follow live as we bring you all the news from the campaign trail.

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26 h. ago Leaving on a jet plane: Turnbull skips the country in time to avoid election night

Malcolm Turnbull isn’t the only former PM who won’t be sprinkling their particular brand of stardust at election night parties.

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36 h. ago Welcome to Country is not an election issue, so why are we talking about it? I think I know

If this Welcome to Country furore has shifted your vote, perhaps it’s time to come clean on your motivations.

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49 h. ago US kids may get ‘two dolls instead of 30,’ but China will suffer more, says Trump

The US president has tried to reassure a nervous country that his tariffs will not provoke a recession, after a government report showed the US economy shrank since he took office.

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64 h. ago A political tide is turning across Europe, and at its centre is a hard truth

A plan to ban hybrid cars has been quietly delayed and a third runway at Heathrow is back on the table as easy green promises crumble under the weight of harsh reality.

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3 d. ago 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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3 d. ago Canada delivers election victory to incumbent PM Mark Carney

Canadians have rejected Donald Trump's repeated taunts that the country should become America's 51st state, delivering an election victory to incumbent Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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3 d. ago Federal election 2025 as it happened: Dutton denies recruiting Brethren church members after Queensland office vandalised; Welcome to Country debate dominates campaign

Follow live as we bring you all the news from the final week of the election campaign.

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3 d. ago Federal election 2025 as it happened: Dutton faces inflation rate gotcha; Welcome to Country debate dominates campaign

Follow live as we bring you all the news from the final week of the election campaign.

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3 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Dutton denies recruiting Brethren church members after Queensland office vandalised; Welcome to Country debate dominates campaign

Follow live as we bring you all the news from the final week of the election campaign.

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3 d. ago Peter Dutton’s Welcome to Country claim comes from a common misconception about the ancient ceremony

Antagonism towards the tradition has been bubbling for months, but an argument the opposition leader recently made on the national stage is steeped in a fundamental misunderstanding.

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4 d. ago Liberal MP jokes that Advance Australia Fair is the ‘best Welcome to Country’

Sure, politicians are debating the custom and its place, but most have the good sense not to be glib about it.

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4 d. ago Dutton says veterans don’t want Welcome to Country on Anzac Day. RSL branches say otherwise

The opposition leader hardened his stance against the ceremonies while his agenda on immigration and road taxes was confused by a series of conflicting statements.

Events

4 d. ago Storm chairman ‘greatly upset’ by Welcome to Country ‘miscommunication’

Melbourne Storm have taken responsibility for what they say was an internal miscommunication that meant the Welcome to Country for their Anzac Day clash at AAMI Park was cancelled.

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4 d. ago WA news LIVE: WA leading the country in economic performance, again; Perth’s NRL deal still on the table

Follow our live coverage here.

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