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| Australian election 2016: Liberal candidate for NSW seat of Whitlam withdraws from race – politics live | Australian election 2016: Liberal candidate for NSW seat of Whitlam withdraws from race – politics live |
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| 3.16am BST | |
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| By Mike Bowers. | |
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| John Howard is campaigning with the Liberal MP Fiona Scott in Lindsay. He shrugs off the polls in a grainy Sky interview. | |
| Once the campaign starts, a lot of people for the first time take notice of the opposition leader. I have been through all of this. | |
| Howard says in the end, people will focus on economic management and Turnbull has successfully run a business. | |
| I believe Malcolm Turnbull will win but, like him, I don’t take the election for granted ... I have seen too much politics to take the outcome for granted. | |
| Howard will be out and about during the campaign, including in New England where he has committed to help Joyce. | |
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| at 3.34am BST | |
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| Turnbull is asked whether Labor’s black hole is $67bn or $32bn. The PM does not want to say. He is pressed further on the figure. | |
| $67 billion is the list of the measures that they have either blocked or proposed or said they want us to roll back. Now if they are changing their position, and they have new promises and want to abandon old promises, they are entitled to do it but they should spell it out. | |
| 3.04am BST | |
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| Turnbull says more work needs to be done on the Melbourne Metro. | |
| He calls on Labor to clarify its position on foreign aid, which was part of Scott Morrison’s train wreck funding chart. | |
| He says border protection is one of the government’s highest priorities, dropping the fact that it has been 660 days since a “successful people smuggling expedition”. | |
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| The first question is on the Liberal candidate Carolyn Currie. | The first question is on the Liberal candidate Carolyn Currie. |
| I’m sure we will have a great candidate flying the Liberal flag. She’s made her decision as she is entitled to do so but I’m totally focused on jobs and growth and our national economic plan across the country including in the Illawarra. | I’m sure we will have a great candidate flying the Liberal flag. She’s made her decision as she is entitled to do so but I’m totally focused on jobs and growth and our national economic plan across the country including in the Illawarra. |
| Q: How can the country trust any attack on Labor’s costings after Scott Morrison’s $20bn mathematical error yesterday? | Q: How can the country trust any attack on Labor’s costings after Scott Morrison’s $20bn mathematical error yesterday? |
| I don’t accept the premise of your question, I’m sorry. | I don’t accept the premise of your question, I’m sorry. |
| Q: Hang on. This is important. He started off the day saying [Labor was] $67bn out, then walked it back to $30bn. Isn’t that an error adding up? | |
| The onus is on the Labor party. | |
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| Steaming ahead, with puffing billy. I see what you did there. | Steaming ahead, with puffing billy. I see what you did there. |
| Malcolm Turnbull is speaking about tourism, which is Australia’s biggest services export. The prime minister says his economic plan is “steaming ahead”. | Malcolm Turnbull is speaking about tourism, which is Australia’s biggest services export. The prime minister says his economic plan is “steaming ahead”. |
| Puffing Billy alone has seen phenomenal growth. It should be over 415,000 passengers this year. That’s going to continue to grow. All of this drives jobs. This is vitally important, particularly in regional Australia outside of the big cities. 44% of the tourism dollar is spent in regional Australia. | Puffing Billy alone has seen phenomenal growth. It should be over 415,000 passengers this year. That’s going to continue to grow. All of this drives jobs. This is vitally important, particularly in regional Australia outside of the big cities. 44% of the tourism dollar is spent in regional Australia. |
| 2.39am BST | 2.39am BST |
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| I spot a Puffing Billy. | I spot a Puffing Billy. |
| PM meets exchange students from China #ausvotes pic.twitter.com/wez9sd2Tpv | PM meets exchange students from China #ausvotes pic.twitter.com/wez9sd2Tpv |
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| That’s enough about me. What do you think of me? | That’s enough about me. What do you think of me? |
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| Not on the balls of his feet. | Not on the balls of his feet. |
| The prime minister was talking about the expansion of the Australian Football League’s Bachar Houli Cup and Leadership Program, which combines culture and sport by engaging Bachar Houli, star Richmond player and AFL Multicultural Ambassador, as a role model and mentor for young people. | The prime minister was talking about the expansion of the Australian Football League’s Bachar Houli Cup and Leadership Program, which combines culture and sport by engaging Bachar Houli, star Richmond player and AFL Multicultural Ambassador, as a role model and mentor for young people. |
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| at 2.35am BST | at 2.35am BST |
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| Politicians love a swinger | Politicians love a swinger |
| Provocative, I know. | Provocative, I know. |
| But we are into the third week of the campaign and the leaders continue their tour around the countryside. They are criss-crossing the country, but the seats are very targeted. You can check out where they have been in this interactive, by the Guardian team. | But we are into the third week of the campaign and the leaders continue their tour around the countryside. They are criss-crossing the country, but the seats are very targeted. You can check out where they have been in this interactive, by the Guardian team. |
| Once again, this map shows that you are unloved unless you reside in a marginal seat. The leaders have headed to western Sydney and the central coast of NSW, northern Queensland and parts of Brisbane, northern Tasmania and a dip into Perth. | Once again, this map shows that you are unloved unless you reside in a marginal seat. The leaders have headed to western Sydney and the central coast of NSW, northern Queensland and parts of Brisbane, northern Tasmania and a dip into Perth. |
| Barnaby Joyce has been diving into his own electorate of New England pretty much every weekend because he faces a challenge from former independent Tony Windsor. It has been remarked many times that this political competition has “tied” Barnaby to his seat. Whether Windsor wins or not - and it remains an uphill battle for Windsor - New England has benefited from this injection of interest. | Barnaby Joyce has been diving into his own electorate of New England pretty much every weekend because he faces a challenge from former independent Tony Windsor. It has been remarked many times that this political competition has “tied” Barnaby to his seat. Whether Windsor wins or not - and it remains an uphill battle for Windsor - New England has benefited from this injection of interest. |
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| On the question of Canada as a destination for asylum seekers, Shorten said Labor would negotiate a regional solution. This has been Labor’s policy since their conference last year. Shorten is not allowing a crack of light between him and the Coalition on this stuff – though he did round on Peter Dutton’s comments about illiterate refugees. | On the question of Canada as a destination for asylum seekers, Shorten said Labor would negotiate a regional solution. This has been Labor’s policy since their conference last year. Shorten is not allowing a crack of light between him and the Coalition on this stuff – though he did round on Peter Dutton’s comments about illiterate refugees. |
| When it comes to negotiating with the governments of specific nations, I pledge I will put our immigration minister on a plane to talk to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. We will negotiate in a fair dinkum manner to make sure we have regional resettlement but never again will we allow the people smugglers back into question. | When it comes to negotiating with the governments of specific nations, I pledge I will put our immigration minister on a plane to talk to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. We will negotiate in a fair dinkum manner to make sure we have regional resettlement but never again will we allow the people smugglers back into question. |
| This story got legs when Anthony Albanese suggested on Q&A that Canada is among a “range of countries” suited to resettle Australia’s asylum seekers. | This story got legs when Anthony Albanese suggested on Q&A that Canada is among a “range of countries” suited to resettle Australia’s asylum seekers. |
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| Shorten is asked about the Heritage Bank, which is threatening Labor over using the slogan “putting people first”, which the bank claims is its own. Shorten uses the story to highlight Labor’s slogan and segues into the party’s support for a banking royal commission. | Shorten is asked about the Heritage Bank, which is threatening Labor over using the slogan “putting people first”, which the bank claims is its own. Shorten uses the story to highlight Labor’s slogan and segues into the party’s support for a banking royal commission. |
| When I get criticised by a bank, I hardly call that a remarkable event because Labor is committed to a royal commission into the banking sector. We are not going to let go of this issue. We are the voice of millions of Australians who want to see a better ethical standard from our banking sector. Mr Turnbull never talks about a banking royal commission. When you hear a financial institution attacking Labor, I have to say back: why is it that financial institutions are so desperate to avoid the public scrutiny of a banking royal commission? If elected on July 2nd, Labor will implement a banking royal commission because we believe the scandals need to stop. | When I get criticised by a bank, I hardly call that a remarkable event because Labor is committed to a royal commission into the banking sector. We are not going to let go of this issue. We are the voice of millions of Australians who want to see a better ethical standard from our banking sector. Mr Turnbull never talks about a banking royal commission. When you hear a financial institution attacking Labor, I have to say back: why is it that financial institutions are so desperate to avoid the public scrutiny of a banking royal commission? If elected on July 2nd, Labor will implement a banking royal commission because we believe the scandals need to stop. |
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| Bill Shorten is asked about Nova Peris’s replacement. He says Labor is working through the processes. | Bill Shorten is asked about Nova Peris’s replacement. He says Labor is working through the processes. |
| Because there is only six weeks before the election, he does not countenance a suggestion that the Northern Territory Labor branch should pick the candidate – given the controversy over Peris’s parachuting into the spot. | Because there is only six weeks before the election, he does not countenance a suggestion that the Northern Territory Labor branch should pick the candidate – given the controversy over Peris’s parachuting into the spot. |
| Asked whether he would like to see an Indigenous woman candidate, Shorten says he would like to see “the best candidate”. | Asked whether he would like to see an Indigenous woman candidate, Shorten says he would like to see “the best candidate”. |
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| at 2.32am BST | at 2.32am BST |