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Follow the leader: 48 hours on the campaign trail with Mike Bowers – videoGuardian Australia’s photographer-at-large, Mike Bowers, takes you inside the Australia 2016 election campaign trail, compressing 48 long hours of behind-the-scenes lunacy into less than 60 seconds -
Western Sydney returns to election battlefield in fight to convince 'real Australia'Who wins the 2016 election may rest in western Sydney’s outer-suburban electorates. But whether the prime minister can appeal to the same voters Howard once wooed remains a great unknown
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Resettling refugees in Papua New Guinea: a tragic theatre of the absurdPapua New Guinea is an extraordinary country very close to my heart, but I can say with absolute surety that it is not an appropriate country in which to resettle refugees
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Carbon dioxide's 400ppm milestone shows humans are rewriting the planet's historyLevels of CO2 are pushing beyond 400 parts per million in the atmosphere. The last time they were there, 15 million years ago, the world was very different
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Dutton's refugee remarks face uncertain reception in multicultural marginalsThe Liberals’ chances of forming government may hinge on five seats in Sydney that are home to some of Australia’s most diverse communities
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Medicare co-payments are fine – for those with the capacity to payA universal health service does not necessarily mean it should be free, but underpinning everything should be a commitment that poor and vulnerable Australians are protected
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Shorten on federal police raids: 'It's an extraordinary development' – videoOpposition leader Bill Shorten answers questions on Thursday night about the AFP raids on Senator Stephen Conroy’s Melbourne office and the home of a Labor staffer over alleged NBN leaks
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Careflight officer describes man fighting off crocodiles with spark plugs – videoCareflight’s Ian Badham describes how a 72-year-old man used a spanner and spark plugs to keep crocodiles at bay while trapped in mangroves
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Shorten on Dutton's comments: 'Pauline Hanson would've been proud' – videoBill Shorten responds to comments by the immigration minister, Peter Dutton, describing refugees as ‘illiterate and innumerate’. The Labor leader says ‘Pauline Hanson would’ve been proud’ to have made the remarks and labelled them ‘deeply divisive and offensive’
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Q&A: do not subject Muslims to bigotry of low expectations – videoOn the ABC’s Q&A program, Somali-born author and human rights campaigner Ayaan Hirsi Ali says it’s ‘perfectly fine’ to question and criticise any religion, including Islam.
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World's largest plane lands in Australia for first time – videoThousands of spectators lined the runway at Perth airport to watch the world’s largest plane land in Australia for the first time
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Bill Shorten and Malcolm Turnbull swap barbs over multinational tax in election debate – videoBill Shorten says it’s outrageous that regular people pay less tax than some multinational corporations, but Turnbull says budget brought in ‘the toughest laws of any OECD country’
Polls show Coalition and Labor in tight race but Turnbull's popularity sliding