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Anthony Albanese, with partner Jodie Haydon, started election day in the Melbourne seat of Higgins. Picture: AAP 

Anthony Albanese declared it was "time on in the fourth quarter".

'Time on': Albanese says he's slept well as polls tighten

BANGER ON BREAD: ACM's own Ringer presents The Democracy Banana. Picture: Ash Walmsley

It's the most important vote you'll cast this weekend.

Should 'democracy bananas' replace sausages at the polling centre sizzle up?

BEST IN CAMPAIGN: A few of our favourite moments from the 2022 federal election.

The funniest campaign bloopers, blunders and the moments that made us smile.

Gaffes, bloopers and best moments from the 2022 federal election

Motherhood is not a particularly glamorous thing and we love these shows for telling it like it is.

Which working mother are you? TV's best mums

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail. Pictures: Facebook, Steve Evans

Who shines out on the road with press pack in tow - and does it really matter?

The bizarre rituals of the campaign trail

Australia, Italy, Sweden, the UK, Spain, Portugal and the US are dealing with monkeypox outbreaks

A case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Victoria.

Confirmed monkeypox case in Australia

A still from Everything Went Fine. Picture: Sharmill Films

Ozon has often had a happy knack for getting to the heart of the matter with his deceptively simple intimate dramas.

Everything Went Fine a challenging take on end of life

Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese listens to former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard speak to the media during a press conference in Adelaide on Friday. Picture: AAP

Australia's first female prime minister has been out campaigning with Anthony Albanese as the race tightens a day out from polling day.

'He's ready': Gillard seeks the national female vote for Albanese

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Prime Minister has walked around national security comments over revelations the government voted down aid funding to curb Chinese influence in the Pacific.

PM denies leak on Pacific aid cut

March4Justice rally. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Plans to better support working women and keep vulnerable women and girls safe have never been so keenly sought.

What the major parties are doing to woo women

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning till the end of the election.

Will Morrison soar like an eagle once again?

The wickedly funny world that Dahl created seems much of the time at arm's length.

To Olivia: A surface-only look at Roald Dahl's grief

A still from How To Please A Woman. Picture: Supplied

Sally Phillips brings this comedic sensibility and panache to this new Aussie independent comedy.

How to Please a Woman a safe exploration of suburban sex work

There are 133,158 active cases across the state.

NSW COVID-19 hospitalisations drop as 10 lives are lost

Bridget Archer says she doesnt have a view on Scott Morrison remaining leader after the election, whatever happens. Picture: Finn McHugh

Stay tuned in here for all the developments as Australians turn out to decide who will lead the Parliament and the nation for the next three years.

As it happened: 'At the moment, Scott Morrison is taking us to this election...': Lib MP

Telephone voting for Australians who contracted COVID will be expanded.

Phone voting expanded to allow more people with COVID to vote

BEST: Lindsay Bourke's honey has been titles the best in the world. Picture: File

Today is World Bee Day, a chance to celebrate the importance of our 'most important insects'.

World Bee Day honours our tiny pollinators

Today, we score the Coalition and Labor on their commitments to the top 10 issues according to our readers. Pictures: AAP

Before the election campaign, ACM readers told us the issues most likely to decide their vote. Today, we score the Coalition and Labor on their promises.

Federal election scorecard: What the Coalition and Labor have promised

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: Cosmos science reporter Ellen Phiddian. Picture: supplied

Making formic acid with a ferric mineral.

Will soil carbon fix the climate crisis?

Human Rights Minister Tara Cheyne said Canberrans were being treated as second-class citizens. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong 

Scott Morrison confirmed a Coalition government would not seek to overturn the ban if re-elected, saying it was "not our policy".

PM confirms no plans to repeal voluntary assisted dying ban on territories as NSW laws pass

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Infant found dead in Melbourne home

NIGHTMARE: Air travel is a major issue for Carolina Ascui. Picture: Supplied

Australians with disability share the frustrations and barriers of air travel

Air travel can be 'absolute hell' for those with disabilities

Pre-poll, postal and telephone polling will see many voters avoiding election day queues.

About one in three people cast early vote

A person in NSW has been fined for importing thousands of drugs used to treat COVID against advice.

NSW, Victoria post 21,000 new virus cases

They were asked their views and policies on education, water security, business and jobs, housing, and climate change

New England electorate: where candidates stand on the key issues

All polling booths are set to be open across the country tomorrow. Picture: Karleen Minney

The Electoral Commissioner has confirmed all polling places will be open for election day.

All polling places will be open for election day: AEC

BE WARY: Do your research before paying for holiday deals that seem too good to be true.

ACM has compiled a list of current scams identified on sites dedicated to informing people about fraudulent and dishonest activities.

Scamwatch: Beware of holiday deals too good to be true

NO DEALS: Independent candidate Matthew Sharpham said he has not been financially backed by a group called The Australia Project.

Rumours had been swirling he was being financially backed by the group, but he has denied that.

Independent Matthew Sharpham clears air over financial backing rumours

FINED: A father and daughter duo operating one of NSW's largest puppy breeding operations have been sentenced at Inverell Local Court for animal cruelty offences. Photo: Jacinta Dickins; Insets: NSW RSPCA

The pair pleaded guilty at Inverell Local Court and were convicted of eighteen offences relating to failings at the breeding establishment in Copeton, near Inverell.

Puppy breeders sentenced for 'heartbreaking' cruelty at Inverell

GOLDEN AGE: Glen Innes' Grand Theatre in 1956, which was then showing Three Coins in the Fountain. Picture: Supplied

Remember the plunk, plunk, plunk sound the jaffas made as they rolled down the aisle steps at the picture theatre in Glen Innes?

History Matters || Exhibition captures films and photos

CYCLING FOR US: Royal Far West, Australian cycling great Mark Renshaw and a peloton of cyclists will finish a 430km fundraising ride in Deepwater on Tuesday, May 24.

The event aims to raise funds and awareness of the growing and unmet need in regional Australia.

Call for locals to get out and support the riders supporting our kids

The Armidale SES crew helped out with the recent floods in Grafton

"Here's to all the volunteers across Australia who work all year round to protect us at our most vulnerable."

Wear orange and support our SES | video

NOT FOR ME: Barnaby Joyce has stuck true to his word about not supporting Facebook through advertising, but the Liberals and Labor have spent big. Photo: file

Mr Joyce maintains he would rather spend his money in local newspapers but has no control over what his colleagues do.

Coalition abandons Barnaby Joyce over stance on Facebook advertising

Fair wages and thought bubbles

I find the natural world a fascinating place.

Our natural world did not happen by chance

Tent Hill Public School was opened in 1881.

Here are extracts from the diary of August Bouveret, grandfather of Gordon Bouveret.

History Matters || Extracts from an 1870s diary

HARD WORK: Little Kindy company director Arzal Arzal said many city-based companies shrank from providing childcare because it is difficult to manage from a distance. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Thousands of children are starting school already behind the pace because of a state's worst shortage of childcare in the New England, according to a new report.

Local kids developmentally vulnerable due to state's worst childcare shortage: report

Prime Minister Scott Morrison officially launched the Liberals' election campaign on Sunday. Picture: AAP

Scott Morrison has made housing a central part of the Liberal Party's official launch.

Liberal Party 'warms up' with final countdown underway

HAPPY DAYS: School heavily influences young people's involvement, training or study post-school.

Right support can create bright future

Evacuation warnings are being sounded as heavy rainfall continues to pound southern Queensland.

Residents flee homes as evacuation sirens sounded

Travelers warned as floods hit south-east Queensland, again

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I cannot speak highly enough of the care, compassion and exemplary work these brilliant nurses are doing, all without an on-site doctor.

Well done Glen Innes emegency department

MYSTERY MAN: Deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce recommends his voters put Mr Thomas second on their ballot. Photo: file

One Nation's New England candidate Richard Thomas is a "serious candidate", according to the party - though they can't supply a photo of the Queenslander.

'Serious candidate': One Nation defends 'ghost' New England candidate

TAKE FOUR: Barnaby Joyce celebrates winning his third term as member for New England in 2019. Photo: Gareth Gardner, file

With ballots set to open in a week, the New England is about to hold its biggest election ever.

Voters have the job ahead: so what does the electorate look like?

PREFERENCING PICK: Barnaby Joyce launches the Nationals Party campaign in Tamworth. The party will recommend its voters in his New England electorate preference One Nation second. Photo: Andrew Messenger

Barnaby Joyce has recommended Nationals voters in his New England electorate preference One Nation Richard Thomas second on their ballots.

Barnaby Joyce to preference One Nation second in New England

POWER PLAN: Local MP Adam Marshall believes the state government should use planning rules to encourage developers to build new grid connections on public land like national parks and crown land, rather than private farms. Photo: file 

Local MP Adam Marshall believes the state government should use planning rules to encourage developers to build new grid connections on public land like national parks and crown land, rather than private farms.

REZ rules should force powerlines onto public land: MP

EXPECTATIONS: Councils have sent the state government a list of six demands regarding the $10.7 billion New England Renewable Energy Zone. Photo: Andrew Messenger 

A coalition of local councils has demanded government require payouts by green energy companies to be pooled into a "future fund" to help finance the growth of the New England region.

Councils sign letter of demand for green energy 'future fund'

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

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The Deputy Prime Minister says he's 'not dropped the ball on this for one second' after criticism for delays in flood support in a Labor-held seat.

'I have not dropped the ball': Joyce denies flood relief favouritism

POWER BOOM: The region will produce as much as 14.5 gigawatts of renewable energy in 2050, more power than is produced in the Hunter today. Photo: Andrew Messenger

More power will be generated in the New England region in 2050 than is produced in the Hunter today and the region will need billions in new power poles to accommodate it, according to the latest energy market plan.