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Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are both doing the media rounds this morning. They’re still trying to sell their housing policies and cost of living plans, despite economists expressing serious concerns they could drive housing prices upwards.
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The PM is starting out in Tassie this morning, while Dutton is in Melbourne – both areas holding crucial seats for each party.
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It’s going to be a busy day!
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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it’ll be Krishani Dhanji with the main action.
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Last night the treasurer and shadow treasurer turned up for a debate on the ABC’s 730 show – in case you missed the action, we’ve got the main points coming up.
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One of our top stories this morning is an exclusive interview with the finance minister, Katy Gallagher, who has vowed to continue slashing the number of consultants employed by the federal government and to begin rebuilding departments within the public service if re-elected, while accusing the Coalition of importing a Doge-style agenda from the US.
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Labor has pulled further ahead of the Coalition as the election campaign continues, opening up a larger lead in the latest Essential poll after two weeks of policy confusion and backdowns from Peter Dutton’s Liberals. A new poll in the Nine newspapers also shows Labor edging further ahead. More coming up.
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After yesterday’s splurge of promises by the major parties to try to fix the housing crisis, experts have warned that Australia does not have enough construction workers and other trades to meet election pitches to boost housing supply.
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Also today, the Greens will launch a new policy to provide free lunches for public school students. More on this soon.
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Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank will release the minutes of its last monetary policy meeting at 11.30, shedding more light on why it did not cut interest rates earlier this month to relieve pressure on homeowners.
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The shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor, has been questioned on why the opposition leader Peter Dutton, indicated before the election there would be no tax cuts before announcing a one-off $1,200 refund for 10 million Australians in the Coalition’s campaign launch on Sunday.
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In a debate on ABC’s 7.30 program on Monday night, Taylor was played a clip of Dutton on the Today Show where he said “we won’t be able to provide tax cuts during this campaign”.
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Taylor said it was a “short-term cost of living reprieve for Australians, meaningful, rebuilding the household buffers” rather than tax reform.
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Chalmers said the Coalition are offering no ongoing help with the cost of living, pointing to the tax cuts passed just before the election as addressing bracket creep.
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In the wide-ranging debate, the two politicians also sparred over housing policy and energy.
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Taylor said the policy of allowing tax deductions for first home buyers of new homes will not just provide affordability but a pipeline of new housing. Chalmers said the Coalition would abolish the Housing Australia Future Fund, which would result in fewer homes being built.
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Key events
Battle of Housing Supply: Who is constructing more?
Both sides said that they do more about housing, while experts and economists said that none of them is doing enough to solve the problem of supply compared to demand.
Albanese had previously told News Breakfast (as he said this week) that the working strength deals with deliveries through its existing programs, in addition to a brand new commitment value $ 10 billion in the construction of $ 100,000 latest houses for the first buyers of the house:
We take care of supply and demand. The coalition plan will increase prices. Our plan will ensure the construction of more houses. And what we’ve seen under my government is 28,000 social apartments through the FUTURE FUNDING Fund Housing Australia, that are under construction or as a part of planning.
Meanwhile, Dutton told the program that they were involved in deliveries through their fund in order to determine the sewage lines and roads to “release” the latest land.
We have $ 5 billion that cooperate with advice to release 500,000 blocks of land. We cross the migration by 25%…
Opposition leader Peter Dutton It can also be this morning on television networks and joined the ABC News breakfast after the Prime Minister.
Yesterday Dutton said that he wanted to see the “balanced” increase in house prices on the market, which is a sticky problem between young people who find themselves fighting to enter the market, and older Australians who’ve a house and are not looking for prices to fall.
Dutton is asked if he wants housing prices to “lower” to help the larger variety of the first buyers of the house at home.
He says he doesn’t want prices to fall, especially for many who just bought a house:
If you’ve got a house you’ve got just bought, and you’ve got a mortgage value $ 500,000, and your private home will fall by $ 100,000 under work, and your mortgage is value greater than the house itself, this shouldn’t be a superb situation for you.
We want sustainable growth. If you purchase a house today, should you can find it – and should you can afford one under this government – you don’t need to get up in two years and say that the value of this house has dropped.
Anthony Albanese It began this morning with ABC News breakfast, again defending the housing policy announced on the weekend.
Labor party policy expands its eligibility for all the first house buyers in order to access their 5% of their deposit program.
Albanese asked if expanding it also increases the risk that folks would enter the program that can’t afford it and should not pay back their repayment.
Says:
150,000 Australians have already began ownership of the house under this program. They were three default. Why? Because all the terms of bank loans remain exactly the same.
Good morning from Krishani
Hi, Krishani Dhanji With you for the next day in the glorious paradise of the election campaign. Yesterday they were DISS TRACKS – what else will we get today?
Anthony Albanese AND Peter Dutton They each do media celebrations this morning. They are still trying to sell their housing rules and the costs of living plans, despite the undeniable fact that economists express serious fears that they’ll increase housing prices up.
The prime minister starts this morning in Tassa, while Dutton is in Melbourne – each areas that occupy key places for every party.
It might be a busy day!
Patrick Comins
Press the Greens on free dinners for public school students
2.6 million pupils of public schools in Australia will get free dinners under the election field Greens, which claims that the progressive party will improve the health of kids, raise their grades, and even keep them on a straightforward and narrow.
This morning at 10 am the leader of the Green, Adam tiednext to the senator Penny Allman-Payne and MP Max Chandler-MotherIt will “turn over the waffles” and sell the program at the internal Brinsban headquarters of Chandler-Mother.
In a press release before the Allman-Payne event, a former teacher, said: “The universal school dinner program in every public school will reduce the burden for families, improve the health and well-being of our children and help equalize opportunities for our most adverse students.”
Of course, there isn’t a such thing as a free lunch, and the budget cost can be USD 11.6 billion during the four-year striker, according to the parliamentary budget office-PLN USD 4.6 billion USD per yr after starting the program.
Chandler-Mother won a spot from work in previous elections with a margin of over 10%. Since then, the 33-year-old claims that he has spent $ 32,000 a yr from his own salary to pay for weekly free breakfasts in public schools in his electorate.
Victorian liberals will turn into distanced from the nuclear policy of the Federal Party
Peter Dutton’s Today’s misfortunes appear as the leader of the Victoria opposition, Brad BatinHe distanced the state party from the controversial nuclear policy of the opposition, saying that he would give attention to gas and that the federal leader has his “own campaign”.
Dutton is less popular in Victoria than in other states, and Batti’s comments suggest an attempt to create a transparent blue water between him and the Federal Party.
In a broad interview with our state correspondent Benita KolovosBattin explains how he’ll fix the justice system, why he “grew up differently” to the former dutton cop and that he has days to the next state elections (599).
Read the stories of Benity here:
Resolve probe
Nine newspapers today have a survey, saying that the Labor Party overtook frequently with the preferred two -party, with 53.5% compared to 46.5% for a coalition, whose support dropped from 50% a month ago.
In further evidence Donald Trump The chaotic policy in the White House damaged Peter DuttonThe survey conducted by Strategic shows that 35% of undecided voters “are less likely to support Dutton because of the changes made by Trump.” Only 24% says the same Anthony Albanese.
The survey suggests that the Labor Party is currently inside the creation of a majority government after the Federal Elections on May 3.

Josh Taylor
Taylor and Chalmers are rising over nuclear costs and unsure times
Angus Taylor He was also asked in 7.30 if the coalition has private firms ready to invest in nuclear energy in Australia. He said that there’s a moratorium in Australia in Australia, and first you’d have to be raised.
They each argued about the cost of a nucleus coalition in the amount of over USD 300 billion, compared to the calculation work force, based on modeling Smart Energy Council.
Chalmers said that one reactor for USD 87 billion is being built in Great Britain, but the coalition claimed that he could construct one for lower than USD 20 billion. He said that the coalition’s gas policy was developed to “divert attention from their suspicious nuclear plan. They almost never talk about it” and said that there can be cuts behind them.
Both politicians ended, indicating that we live in uncertain times, and Taylor pointed to his 25 -year business experience and keenness for the development of the economy and restoring the country to the right tracks.
Chalmers said that the coalition government can be “cuts and chaos to worsen Australians and take Australians back.” He said that Taylor and Dutton “see the policy and policy of the United States” and wish to recreate them.
Angus Taylor asked about Dutton’s “without tax reductions”

Josh Taylor
Shadow treasurer, Angus TaylorHe was questioned why the opposition leader Peter DuttonTaxed before the election, there might be no tax reductions before they announce a one -time refund of USD 1200 for 10 million Australians during the premiere of the coalition campaign on Sunday.
In the debate on the ABC 7.30 program, on Monday evening, Taylor played the Dutton clip at The Today Show, in which he said: “We will not be able to ensure tax reductions during this campaign.”
Taylor said it was “short -term cost of maintaining a relief for Australians, significant, rebuilding household buffers”, not a tax reform.
Chalmers said that the coalition doesn’t offer constant help in the cost of living, pointing to tax reductions adopted just before the election as turning to the scrap.
In a large -ranging debate, two politicians also paired housing policy and energy.
Taylor said that the policy of permission for tax deductions for the first buyers of latest houses houses is not going to only ensure price affordability, but additionally a pipeline of latest apartments. Chalmers said that the coalition would endure the Futura Housing Australia fund, which might cause fewer houses.
Welcome

Martin Farrer
Good morning and welcome to our blog live. I’m Martin Farrer with the best stories at night, after which it’ll be Krishani Dhanji with the essential motion.
Last night, the treasurer and treasurer Shadow appeared on the debate on the ABC 730 program – in case you miss the motion, we’re approaching the essential points.
One of our most vital stories this morning is an exclusive interview with the Minister of Finance, Katy Gallagher, who swore to proceed cutting the variety of consultants employed by the Federal Government and begin the reconstruction of departments in public service, if he was re -elected, while accusing the coalition of the import of the Doge style program from the USA.
The Labor Party overtook the coalition when the election campaign continues, opening a greater advantage in the latest vital survey after two weeks of confusion in politics and prints from Peter Dutton’s Liberals. The latest survey in nine newspapers also shows the work on. More is approaching.
After yesterday’s throwing guarantees through the essential sides to try to fix the housing crisis, experts warned that Australia didn’t have enough construction staff and other transactions to meet election fields to increase the supply of apartments.
Also today Vegetables It will start latest rules for providing free lunch for public school students. More about this soon.
Meanwhile, the Bank of Reserve will publish the minutes of the last monetary policy meeting at