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Feeney's fumbles
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6:22 PM Labor's David Feeney is in the headlines again for all the wrong reasons after this poor performance on live TV.
Another suicide attempt on Nauru
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3:53 PM An asylum seeker on Nauru says his wife tried to incinerate herself.
Election 2016: The black hole
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2:53 PM The PM and Treasurer have been forced to explain their comments over Labor's apparent budget black hole. Courtesy ABC News 24.
Election 2016: Liberal candidate quits
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12:34 PM It's a safe Labor seat - now it's even safer, after the Liberal candidate for the Illawarra seat of Whitlam, Carollyn Currie, quit the contest.
Mathias Cormann's gift to Shorten
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11:07 AM Watch the Finance Minister Matias Cormann's ill-timed gaffe praising Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Vision courtesy ABC News.
The spend-o-meter, billion-dollar Bill and 'the big fat lie'
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11:04 AM Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten launch verbal assaults on each other over the Labor leader's 'spend-o-meter' comments. Courtesy ABC News 24.
Superannuation changes 'toxic'
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9:19 AM Almost two years between interviews, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Alan Jones have buried the hatchet.
Waleed slams Coalition's NBN
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8:53 AM On Ten's The Project, Waleed Aly gave a scathing assessment of the Coalition's handling of the NBN project. Courtesy The Project, 6.30pm weekdays on Ten.
A supermassive budget black hole?
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8:06 AM The Treasurer's attack on Labor's spending falters with the use of broad fiscal assumptions. Vision ABC News 24.
A test case for the AFP
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7:24 PM A law created after the 2002 Bali bombings means there could be a prosecution over the Baghdad embassy shooting. National security correspondent David Wroe explains.
Election 2016: The contrasting adverts
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The Liberal and Labor parties have released a series of adverts as the election campaign continues, with very different themes.
Nova Peris made history: Shorten
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Senator Nova Peris has been a 'strong representative for the Territory' says Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Vision ABC News 24.