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Sat, 21 May 2022 18:58:26 +1000
Australia Votes: Federal Election Day 2022
Australians head to the polling booths today to cast their votes for The Federal election on Saturday 21st May 2022

Sat, 21 May 2022 18:18:53 +1000
Federal election - Australia votes 2022 - NSW
No polling booth looks the same as voters get stuck into their ballots – and democracy sausages – to have their say in selecting the next government of Australia.

Sat, 21 May 2022 17:51:35 +1000
What are 'Teal seats' in the federal election?
Peter Overton and Alicia Loxley explain what a 'Teal seat' is and why it matters in the 2022 federal election.

Sat, 21 May 2022 17:51:00 +1000
What are the likely paths to victory for the Coalition and Labor?
Nine's election night panel of experts discuss the likely paths to victory for the Coalition and Labor this federal election.

Sat, 21 May 2022 17:43:19 +1000
Kim Jong-un impersonator arrives in Box Hill
Not for the first time, an impersonator of the North Korean leader has appeared on the campaign trail.

Sat, 21 May 2022 17:28:47 +1000
Meet Nine's election coverage panel
A look at the expert panel leading tonight's federal election coverage on Nine.

Sat, 21 May 2022 17:18:47 +1000
In Kooyong and Goldstein, a last-ditch effort to save former Liberal strongholds from going teal
After six weeks of campaigning, it has come down to a last-minute sprint to the finish for Liberals Josh Frydenberg and Tim Wilson as they attempt to stave off fierce challenges from independents.

Sat, 21 May 2022 17:18:17 +1000
Albanese ends election campaign as favourite to win
Labor leader Anthony Albanese is favourite to win the 2022 Federal election, after a six-week campaign.

Sat, 21 May 2022 17:16:17 +1000
Morrison ends election campaign in home electorate
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ended his six-week Federal election campaign in his home electorate Cook, voting at Lilli Pilli Public School.

Sat, 21 May 2022 16:53:55 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Sat, 21 May 2022 16:48:47 +1000
Long queues for voters
Voters at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, in the inner-city seat of Macnamara, waited in long lines on Saturday afternoon.

Sat, 21 May 2022 16:37:52 +1000
Federal election: Australia Votes 2022 - The Leaders
Seventeen million Australians were expected to cast a ballot for the 2022 federal election, which according to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is 96.3% of the eligible voting population in Australia.

Sat, 21 May 2022 16:21:16 +1000
Weekend Today presenter talks about her phone voting experience
Weekend Today presenter Jayne Azzopardi talks about voting over the phone after contracting COVID-19.

Sat, 21 May 2022 16:00:00 +1000
Bondi Sands faces US class action over alleged ‘greenwashed’ sunscreen
The well-known Australian sunscreen and cosmetics business that claims to be “reef friendly” faces legal action in the US and allegations its sunscreens are harmful to the environment.

Sat, 21 May 2022 15:26:02 +1000
‘Voting with their feet’: Working fathers demand more freedom to be with kids
Working fathers at talent-hungry employers are “voting with their feet” if they do not feel they have social permission to be there for their children.

Sat, 21 May 2022 14:40:14 +1000
The dogs of Australia wait for their owners to vote in the federal election
According to the Australian Electoral Commission, seventeen million Australians will head to the polls today in the 2022 Federal election. It is unclear how many dogs will be forced to endure waiting in a queue while their owners cast their vote.

Sat, 21 May 2022 13:31:56 +1000
‘Terrible decision’: Decaying heritage house to be bulldozed after council overruled
The “bulldozers are waiting” to knock down an uninhabitable Edwardian home a local council repeatedly tried to save from being levelled because the demolition has been approved by a tribunal.

Sat, 21 May 2022 12:39:40 +1000
The Albacheesy, anyone? Voters offered feast of puns
From Engadine Macca-roons to Clive Palmiers, hungry voters are spoilt for choice at polling booths in Sydney.

Sat, 21 May 2022 12:24:18 +1000
Flame-engulfed bobble-head Morrison patrols Bondi Beach
Voters in Wentworth are being treated to a honking spectacle as a car patrols the seat mounted with a giant bobble-head caricature of Prime Minister Scott Morrison, next to an Earth engulfed by cut-out flames.

Sat, 21 May 2022 11:33:19 +1000
Baby found dead with critically injured woman at Mernda home
Neighbours are placing flowers outside a home in Melbourne’s outer north where a baby was found dead and a woman critically injured on Friday night.



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