Federal election 2025 LIVE updates:AEC issues postal vote warning;PM edges ahead in poll as Dutton spruiks zero-emission nuclear plan

Federal election 2025 LIVE updates:AEC issues postal vote warning;PM edges ahead in poll as Dutton spruiks zero-emission nuclear plan

Stay across all the headlines from day four of the 2025 federal election campaign as Labor seeks to gain momentum from a boost in the polls.

  • byAngus Thomson,Olivia Ireland andLachlan Abbott

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‘We love the harbour’:Dutton says he would live in Sydney as prime minister

‘We love the harbour’:Dutton says he would live in Sydney as prime minister

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused the opposition leader of hubris and “measuring the curtains” before the election.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andOlivia Ireland
Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates:The electorates that will gauge the nation’s mood on big issues during the 2025 federal election

Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates:The electorates that will gauge the nation’s mood on big issues during the 2025 federal election

Join us over the next five weeks for an in-depth look at the candidates,hot-button issues,and a breakdown of the policies and campaign promises in four key electorates.

  • byClay Lucas,Cara Waters,Rachael Dexter andCharlotte Grieve
From yum cha to a mosque:Dutton sells himself as a multicultural champion

From yum cha to a mosque:Dutton sells himself as a multicultural champion

In his first weekend on the campaign trail Peter Dutton visited a mosque before a church,synagogue or a Hindu temple,inviting voters to take another look at him.

  • byMatthew Knott
Migration tipped to plummet as post-COVID visas set to expire

Migration tipped to plummet as post-COVID visas set to expire

A key election issue is high immigration levels,but new research says these will plunge. That’s in addition to falling fertility and shorter lifespans.

  • byShane Wright
What the major parties avoid could be as important as what gets their focus

What the major parties avoid could be as important as what gets their focus

A Dutton government would no doubt be very different from the Albanese government,but the differences being debated are mostly minor.

  • bySean Kelly
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After months in the doldrums,the government has its mojo back,right when it was really needed

After months in the doldrums,the government has its mojo back,right when it was really needed

Despite the good news in the latest Resolve Political Monitor,it is a strange world when Labor finds comfort in any poll that has its primary vote at just 29.

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Labor has finally found a more convincing message. The mystery is why it took so long

Labor has finally found a more convincing message. The mystery is why it took so long

Australians’ opinions have flipped in just a few weeks on whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton will be victorious in the federal election.

  • byDavid Crowe
Labor takes power bill election fight in-house with help to buy home batteries

Labor takes power bill election fight in-house with help to buy home batteries

Households are set to gain federal help to cut their energy bills under a government plan to make it easier for them to buy home batteries.

  • byPaul Sakkal andDavid Crowe
Best of cartoons,March 31,2025
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Best of cartoons,March 31,2025

The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists,illustrators and cartoonists.

The latest illustrations from artist Alan Moir
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The latest illustrations from artist Alan Moir

The Sydney Morning Herald’s political cartoonist,sketches the political unreality.