Latest news: Federal election

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has defended a coalition election contender who described his government's net zero emissions pledge as "not binding".

aturday 30 April is International Day to End Corporal Punishment of Children. The list of countries prohibiting corporal punishment in all settings, including the home, is growing fast.

Candidates contesting the upcoming Federal Election in ACT seats have been invited by the Conservation Council ACT Region to participate in an election forum on Thursday 28 April in Turner. 

Elections are about making commitments to communities but that doesn't amount to pork-barrelling, the prime minister says.

Senior Liberals have defended the prime minister's comment that he was "blessed" to have children who did not have disabilities after a backlash. 

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have gone head to head in the first leaders' debate of the election campaign.

The REIA is urging the major parties to create “big picture structural changes” to give Australians a fair go, but doesn't want any changes to negative gearing or foreign investment.

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese will face off for the first time this election when they meet for a leaders' debate on Wednesday night.

Motorists have enjoyed a rapid decline in petrol prices in the past four weeks, aided by the federal government's temporary halving of fuel excise in last month's budget.

Voters will have an opportunity to watch the Liberal and Labor leaders' election pitches but research shows less than a third will tune in.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has started the second week of the election campaign in WA, pledging to boost defence jobs as he promotes his economic plan.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's Victorian seat of Kooyong could fall to an independent, a new poll shows.

This letter writer argues Albo didn't forget key economic data, he didn't know it; and that those criticising ScoMo for taking an overseas holiday during the Black Summer Bushfires should apologise to him.

The Morrison government would reintroduce parts of its scrapped industrial relations bill to parliament if re-elected.

The Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) is calling for all parties to make crystal clear how they will deliver safe, secure and affordable housing for Australians who are priced out of the housing market, wondering how they can afford sky rocketing rents, or paying huge energy bills because their home is so poorly insulated.

So the federal election is on. Billboards are suddenly plastered with party slogans, campaign ads are all around us, and our social media feeds are flaring up with political spin.