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‘Teal’ independent on track to seize prize Liberal seat

The Liberal Party is on track to lose the blue-ribbon seat of Curtin, according to a new poll days out from the Federal election.

Lanai Scarr 

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No matter who wins, things will look different on Sunday

On Monday an interesting poll popped into my inbox. Coffee and snack chain Muffin Break says it has done a ‘bean poll’ every election since 2007 that has always predicted the correct winner.

Lanai Scarr

‘True character’Albanese to nod to McGowan in Leadership Matters speech

Anthony Albanese will on Tuesday declare he will be a prime minister for Western Australia as he invokes the spirit of great Labor leaders John Curtin and Bob Hawke.

Lanai Scarr

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WA’s split decision: A photo finish for key seats

Less than a week out from the Federal election polling shows Labor’s primary vote in WA has collapsed — but the party remains on track to narrowly win the seats of Swan and Pearce.

Lanai Scarr and Josh Zimmerman

‘Not responsible’PremiumPM puts McGowan in his place after Dutton criticism

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has dismissed comments by WA Premier Mark McGowan criticising his Defence Minister Peter Dutton, saying the WA Premier is not in charge of national security.

Lanai Scarr

Admitting faultCommentsPremium‘I can be a bulldozer’: ScoMo’s pandemic admission

On the campaign trail in Victoria where four seats could be lost, the Prime Minister made his biggest campaign concession to date.

Lanai Scarr  Federal Political Editor

Election dramaVideoCommentsPremiumKim Jong Un impersonator crashes Morrison press visit

The Federal election campaign has taken a bizarre turn after a man dressed as the North Korean leader gatecrashed the PM’s visit to a Melbourne manufacturing facility.

Lanai Scarr

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Mark McGowan’s $400 gift for Albo

The Premier and State Treasurer has wanted to play both sides of the fence when it comes to Anthony Albanese vs Scott Morrison.

Lanai Scarr 

Security scareCommentsPremiumPM whisked away by security after approach from ex-diplomat

Scott Morrison has been whisked away by security after one of Australia’s first High Commissioners to the Solomon Islands attempted to confront the PM during an appearance at a Tasmanian cheese-making business.

Lanai Scarr

Divisive commentsPremium‘Respect, not censor’: Archer backs Deves in trans furore

Outspoken Liberal MP for Bass Bridget Archer has defended the right of Katherine Deves to make comments about trans children but says the mental health of LGBTIQ communities must be protected.

Lanai Scarr

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Star WA Labor candidate linked to carbon tax

The Labor candidate in the crucial WA seat of Swan has spent years volunteering for a climate change organisation that wants the introduction of a carbon tax.

Lanai Scarr

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Time to get issues plaguing women on the election agenda

In a bruising political year when the sexism and disadvantage of women has been in the spotlight, it’s disappointing we haven’t seen these issues dominate the rhetoric throughout the four weeks of campaigning.

Lanai Scarr

Lanai Scarr