Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton on April 1,2025.

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Scott Yung,right,and NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet campaigning in Hurstville during the 2019 state election.

Liberal candidate faces more questions over undisclosed campaign spending

Liberal Bennelong candidate Scott Yung says he has been “100 per cent” upfront and honest. But he won’t explain why he failed to disclose electoral expenditure worth tens of thousands of dollars.

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Peter Dutton has pledged to cut 41,000 public servants from the federal workforce.

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Just 7000 new public service jobs have been created in Canberra under Labor,forcing the Coalition to cut 34,000 jobs from the rest of Australia or gut the capital.

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Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.

Albanese lays down challenge for Dutton over wages

Labor will urge the workplace regulator to order a real increase in pay for 2.6 million workers after the RBA chose to keep interest rates on hold.

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Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor will use a key speech on Wednesday to outline plans to make the public sector more pro-investment.

Angus Taylor’s plan for scissor gang to cut red tape

Government regulation and bureaucratic rules are in the Coalition’s sights as part of its plans to boost the national economy.

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Opposition leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have been crisscrossing the country to seek votes.

We’ve been tracking Albanese and Dutton’s movements so you don’t have to

Every campaign is marked by surprise visits across the country and spending promises. Here’s what Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have been up to.

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Dutton at the press conference.

What harbour views? Disciplined Dutton stays on message in Melbourne

The opposition leader arrived in Victoria with his game face on,and a determination not to veer off message,regardless of the questions he was asked.

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Day five of the 2025 federal election campaign

As it happened:RBA holds interest rates at 4.1 per cent;Dutton pledges $2.2b Suburban Rail Loop funding cut

Read all the headlines from day five of the 2025 federal election campaign on Tuesday,April 1.

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Zoe Daniel campaigning at Highett Station.

Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates:Zoe Daniel,Tim Wilson campaign on Frankston line;The electorates that will gauge the mood during 2025 federal election

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