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Replacement Liberal candidate a director of 'misleading' pro-gas group
By Pat McGrath, Kirsten Robb, and Steve Cannane

The Liberal Party's replacement for its dumped candidate in the NSW seat of Whitlam is a director of a pro-gas group accused of misleading voters ahead of next month's federal election.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-08/lib

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ABC News · New Liberal candidate for Whitlam a director of pro-gas 'astroturfing' groupBy Pat McGrath

Undecided outer suburban voters like these will decide the election
By Casey Briggs

A new series takes viewers inside a focus group where undecided voters displayed little enthusiasm for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese nor Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-08/foc

ABC News · These are the kinds of voters who will decide the election and their views on politicians are damningBy Casey Briggs

The major parties are helping create a generation of swing voters
By Casey Briggs

This election campaign could matter more than any in recent history for one important reason – according to polls more Australians than ever before are unsure of who to vote for.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-07/swi

ABC News · The major parties are helping create a generation of swing voters and it's turning the campaign upside downBy Casey Briggs

The independents running at the 2025 election, and what they stand for
By Claudia Long

Like their name suggests, an independent MP is separate from any party, with their own individual policies and views. Here's a guide to who's who.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/ind

ABC News · The independents in the 2025 election, their electorate, and what they stand forBy Claudia Long

The independents running at the 2025 election, and what they stand for
By Claudia Long

Like their name suggests, an independent MP is separate from any party, with their own individual policies and views. Here's a guide to who's who.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/ind

ABC News · The independents in the 2025 election, their electorate, and what they stand forBy Claudia Long

Ex-deputy PM slams posters of Dutton and billionaires dressed as Nazis
By Gary-Jon Lysaght and Rachel Holdsworth

Police are investigating a display in a storefront window in southern New South Wales that depicts Coalition politicians and billionaires as Nazis.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/for

ABC News · McCormack slams posters of himself, Dutton, Rinehart and Palmer in Nazi uniformsBy Gary-Jon Lysaght

Independents 'pay it forward' in place of a party machine
By Claire Simmonds

Sitting federal independents have hit the hustings outside their own electorates, mentoring and campaigning for those who hope to follow in their footsteps to Canberra.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-30/ind

ABC News · Independents support unelected colleagues in 'party-like' structureBy Claire Simmonds

Labor pulls ahead in poll that had Dutton in front six weeks ago
By Casey Briggs

Modelling shows Labor ahead in 10 seats where it was behind six weeks ago, putting it in a stronger position to form government.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-30/you

ABC News · YouGov modelling shows swing back to Labor with majority government potentially in reachBy Casey Briggs

Young men flocked right in the US election. Will it happen in Australia?
By Isabella Higgins

Young men across the world have been embracing right-wing politics, while young women have moved to the left. Will it happen in the Australian election too?

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-30/vou

ABC News · Young men made a 'historic shift' to Trump and the right in the US election. Will it happen in Australia?By Isabella Higgins

Dutton promises lower energy prices with plan to tap gas exports
By Jacob Greber

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton vows to "immediately" force gas giants to set aside for domestic use as much as 20 per cent of supply that would "otherwise be exported", cutting wholesale prices by 40 per cent.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-27/dut

ABC News · 'Energy is the economy' says Peter Dutton with promise to cut prices by tapping gas exportsBy Jacob Greber