In the battle for votes on land,candidates in these two marginal electorates are looking to the ocean to win over voters.
The major parties are facing a fight for heartland seats,while challengers are ready to reverse the teal tsunami of the previous election. This is where the fiercest battles will be fought.
Independent candidate Alex Dyson has amassed almost 100 times more in donations than the amount he spent during his first attempt at unseating Liberal Dan Tehan.
The opposition leader will have to choose between the ambitions of four of his most senior MPs,who all want to be foreign affairs minister in a Liberal government.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will unveil a revamped frontbench as soon as this weekend,in a shake-up to replace two shadow ministers and promote younger MPs.
Labor seized on the move to accuse Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of dumping a promise he made in May.
Coalition immigration spokesman Dan Tehan was the featured guest at a private breakfast attended by education and migration agents the day before sinking Labor’s bill.
Victorian Coalition MPs fear they have been hung out to dry after their federal colleagues called for the $35 billion project to be axed.
Immigration Minister Tony Burke said Candace Owens’ remarks about minority groups has the “capacity to incite discord in almost every direction”.
Confidential documents reveal that Palestinians leaving Gaza went through eight stages of identity verification,challenging Coalition attacks against the government.