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Australian election 2025 voting guide: everything you need to know, including when and where you can vote on the day
Who can I vote for? Where can I find polling booth locations near me and get a democracy sausage? What time does voting open and close on election day? All you polling day questions answeredAustralia federal election 2025 LIVE โ latest news, updates and resultsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionElection day guide; Party policies explainedMicro parties explained; Interactive seat explorerGet our breaking...
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Coalition public service policy twists bewilder Canberra voters
Election campaigns are often quite stage managed but the number of twists in the Coalition's public service policy has resembled a giant pretzel, leaving Canberra voters bewildered about what to expect for their city should the government change.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:A visit to a park in Osaka made me dream big for Australia's green spaces
On a recent trip to Japan I went in search of what had been described to me as a near perfect example of an urban green development in one of the most green-starved cities in the world.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:The Tasmanian seats which could deliver, or deny, electoral victory
Will the anti-salmon farming vote play a part? Will the concern over job losses in the salmon industry trump that? Will the major parties keep the independents at bay? Let's take a look at Tasmania's seats and what the experts are predicting.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:He's dressed Cate Blanchett and Lady Gaga, and is still making fashion waves
From designing his first clothes as a teenager in Melbourne to the runways of Paris with celebrities, Martin Grant has had a full career โ and it's not over yet.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Will his bromance with Roger Cook help Anthony Albanese win today?
The prime minister is hoping Roger Cook โ fresh from his resounding WA election win โ can help him win votes in the West, while the premier is counting on his popularity buying him influence in Canberra, writes Keane Bourke.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:These are the NSW seats to watch this election night
From a tussle over historically blue ribbon bastions to traditionally Labor-voting seats balanced on a knife edge, these are the seats to watch as results pour in over the coming days.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:These towns were drowned to make way for human progress
A wave of dam building during the mid-20th century displaced dozens of towns, villages and First Nations communities. A public history project hopes to recover them.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Were Erin Patterson's deadly beef Wellingtons a terrible accident or murder?
Reduced to its simplest form, the jury in Erin Patterson's trial will have to decide whether a beef Wellington cooked in her kitchen represents a terrible accident, or the ultimate act of betrayal.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:US man jailed for 53 years over Islamophobic killing of six-year-old boy
Illinois man Joseph Czuba stabbed and killed Wadee Alfayoumi and knifed his mother Hanan Shaheen days after Israel began its war on Gaza in October 2023.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:The wild and wacky moments that shaped the federal election campaign
From injuring a camera operator with a wayward kick to denying falling off a stage, it has been an exhausting five weeks for the two men vying for Australia's top job.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Live: Albanese makes final campaign pitch with sports metaphors
Millions of Australians are heading to the polls today to vote in the 2025 federal election, with polling places opening from 8am local time. Follow live.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:How these disabled women are changing the face of mainstream sport
Telaya Blacksmith is facing a crossroads, to continue her Paralympic journey, or pursue Aussie Rules โ she is one of several disabled women building a name in mainstream sport.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:How everyday Australians told us they plan to vote today
Brittany McDermott first saw the woman she will vote for on election day on a panel alongside politicians from the two major parties.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:I get to see the Antony Green that election coverage viewers don't
Antony Green has covered every single state and federal election that I have been alive for. He makes it all seem effortless. But I know how hard he's worked to be ready for May 3.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:US man's blood may be key to universal snakebite antivenom
Scientists have used blood from an American man who injected himself with snake venom for years to create what they say is "the most broadly effective antivenom to date" โ at least in mice.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Hynes finds his peace as wandering NRL eyes turn elsewhere
Nicho Hynes's professional but unspectacular leadership of the Sharks is the sort of role he's cut out for, but his early success made us think he was something else.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Sting operation: the fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and gunsGet our afternoon email, free app or daily news podcastOn a stormy Friday night in Samford, in Brisbaneโs north-west, more than 200 people attended a meeting keen to learn how they could stop the government from eradicating a dangerous pest.A two-sided sheet of paper placed on...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Where and how to watch and follow live Australian election coverage tonight
From election needles to satirical commentators and Antony Greenโs ABC swansong, hereโs your guide on how to watch the results roll inAustralia federal election 2025 LIVE โ latest news, updates and resultsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionPolls tracker; Election day guide; Party policies explainedMicro parties explained; Interactive seat explorer Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Why is election day a cause for celebration? | Fiona Katauskas
After Saturday, things will be a lot less campaignfulSee more of Fiona Katauskasโs cartoons hereElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsAustralian federal election 2025 LIVE โ latest Australia news and updates Continue reading...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:A false start and spinning wheels: embarrassing bus fiasco may haunt Duttonโs election dreams | Josh Butler
The opposition leaderโs campaign covered a lot of ground in the final week โ but itโs unclear if he did enough to convince undecided votersAustralian federal election 2025 LIVE โ latest Australia news and updatesElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn Sunday, Peter Dutton...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:The great Australian election campaign quiz โ week five
We made it! YOU made it. But did you follow the hate media closely enough all the way to the end?Australia federal election 2025 LIVE โ latest news, updates and resultsSee our full coverage of the Australian election Continue reading...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Final polls give Labor a clear lead before the election
Polls also show Anthony Albanese is preferred PM over Peter Dutton, but both leaders have poor net approval ratings.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Culture wars and costings: election special podcast with Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn
Chief Political Correspondent Michelle Grattan and Politics Editor Amanda Dunn discuss why the Coalition has focussed on culture wars issues this week.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Fake news and the election campaign โ how worried should voters be?
New research reveals a growing number of Australians are encountering political misinformation and disinformation in the election campaign and are worried about it.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:The MMR vaccine doesnโt contain โaborted fetus debrisโ, as RFK Jr has claimed. Hereโs the science
Robert F Kennedy Jr recently said the MMR vaccine contains fetal debris and DNA fragments. This is where these claims come from, and why thereโs no need to worry.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:What is iNaturalist? The citizen science app playing an unlikely role in Erin Pattersonโs mushroom murder trial
iNaturalist might turn out to be an important part of the murder trial, but how else can observations of plants and animals be used?
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Scientists surprised to discover mayflies and shrimp making their bodies out of ancient gas
In a Queensland river where natural gas seeps up through the water, many living creatures have come to depend on it for their carbon.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Speckles the saltwater crocodile picks his 2025 federal election winner โ video
A 36-year-old saltwater crocodile called Speckles chose between two hunks of meat dangled over its murky pool. One piece of meat had a picture of Anthony Albanese attached. The other, which Speckles preferred, was a picture of Peter Dutton. In 2022, the 4.8-metre saltie predicted, via plucked chook, that Albanese would defeat then prime minister Scott MorrisonSnap result: Speckles the psychic crocodile predicts who...
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to Abdul Abdullah for Jason Phu portrait, among broader set of bold and deeply personal works
From Jason Phuโs portrait of Hugo Weaving, brimming with humour and energy, to Mostafa Azimitabarโs fierce portrait of Grace Tame, the 2025 winners are anyoneโs guess.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:The Liberalsโ women problem may seem intractable, but hereโs what they could learn from the Teals
As the election campaign wraps up, the impression of the Liberals being out of touch with women persists, but some solutions can be found in their political rivals.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Sharri Markson issues own Dutton endorsement as ACM says โAustralia is Tanya Plibersekโ | Weekly Beast
Sky host delivers her own official editorial โfor the first time in my journalistic careerโ as Australian Community Media runs bizarre piece endorsing neither candidateThe Murdoch media continued its support for the Coalition on Friday with official election editorials endorsing a Dutton government. The Daily Telegraph said: โA poor campaign by the Coalition should not obscure the risk of continued Labor mismanagement....
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:This NZ law aims to give people with criminal convictions a โclean slateโ. Itโs not working
New Zealandโs clean slate scheme is meant to let people leave their criminal past behind. But people are waiting seven years to leave their past behind, hurting their job prospects.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Unexpected humour and reflections on a complex past: my top 5 films from the 2025 German Film Festival
Exploring themes such as history, politics and identity, this yearโs programme is surprisingly fresh.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Tourist in Australia takes drone vision of stranded great white shark before joining rescue โ video
Nash Core was travelling through the coastal town of Ardrossan in South Australia with his wife and sons when he came across three men trying to rescue a great white shark stranded in shallow water. Core used his drone to shoot video of the writhing shark before he and son Parker, 11, decided to help the trio who were struggling to move the shark into deeper waterโMy heartโs poundingโ: Australians wade into ocean to...
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