As voters in the southeast Melbourne electorate prepare to go to the polls on Saturday, the major parties have been aggressively talking down their prospects.
Finn McHugh
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Finn McHugh joined Capital Brief after four years in Federal Parliament reporting for News Corp, The Canberra Times and SBS News. He also previously interned at The Kuwait Times.
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As the prospect of a hung parliament looms, the Greens are making cost of living just as central to their pitch as the climate.
As the major parties draw election battle lines out west, changes to electorate boundaries may have an impact on who wins the next election.
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Three of Australia's closest friends have imposed sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank. A group of Labor MPs want their government to follow suit.
A broad review into federal funding for national security think tanks was quietly announced last week. Some believe it could have a narrow focus on "anti-Chinese" outfit, the Australian Strategy Policy Institute.
Perth is playing host to an Indian-led conference as Australia extends a helping hand for New Delhi to expand its regional influence.
Independent MP Allegra Spender hopes Labor's stage 3 reversal could be the start of something bigger.
Labor's reversal on Stage 3 has opened the door for the Coalition to come up with a bigger tax reform agenda. This could include a proposal that both major parties have, up until this point, been reticent to talk about.
Labor backbenchers attended two meetings on Monday. Only one was briefed to the press.
Wary of angering middle-income voters, neither the Coalition or the Greens appear likely to block the government's stage three tax cuts reversal.
The federal Coalition will not stand in the way of Labor passing its stage 3 overhaul to avoid being wedged by the government.
The Albanese government's overhaul of the stage 3 tax cuts has set the stage for fights on multiple fronts. But the fiercest of them will be fought in the outer suburbs.
The former prime minister, who introduced the stage 3 tax cuts, says the Albanese government has removed the 'big reform' of the package.
