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Doug Dingwall

Labor leader Anthony Albanese. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The polls show the race is tightening with only three days until the federal election.

Live updates: Polls show race tightening, Albanese to address National Press Club

Kim Chappell

Hospitalisation numbers are down on yesterday.

NSW records more than 12,000 COVID cases, 14 deaths

Emma Horn

VOTING RIGHT: A donkey vote (left) will still be counted whereas an informal vote (left) will be discarded.

What is a donkey vote? Does it differ from an informal vote? How do your preferences work?

Don't be a donkey: How to make sure your vote is counted correctly

Anthony Caggiano

Queenie describes her show 'Blue: The Songs of Joni Mitchell' as a love letter from one melancholy mother to another. Image credit: Kurt Sneddon. 

Star of the stage and screen, Queenie van de Zandt, celebrates the 50th anniversary of 'Blue', one of Joni Mitchell's most praised albums.

Queenie van de Zandt performs love letter to Joni Mitchell | Photos, Video

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

Don't you hate it when former PMs call at dinner?

Social media has helped countless conspiracies flourish. Picture: Shutterstock

Social media adds a new layer to fighting misinformation.

Don't believe all you read this election

Gerard Cockburn

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Country Liberal Party's candidate for Solomon Tina MacFarlane. Picture: AAP

The two men vying for the prime ministership have weighed in on housing and health.

Leaders pivot election pitch to housing and health

Finn McHugh

Anthony Albanese attempted to dodge questions in Perth regarding the Labor's costings.

War of words erupts as Albanese dodges questions over policy costings

Sarah Basford Canales

Harley Dennett

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Simon Birmingham have unveiled the Coalition's election costings in Melbourne on Tuesday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The Coalition's election costings show $2.7 billion will be cut from the public sector over the next four years if it's re-elected.

'I expect results': Coalition to cut $2.7bn in spending to public sector

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

Good luck changing the tone of politics

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There are 1442 COVID-19 patients in hospital, with 59 in ICU.

NSW records 16 COVID-19 deaths

Throwback to Scott Morrison on the first day of the campaign. Picture: James Croucher

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: press chase Anthony Albanese after failing to get answers

Voting will be socially distanced this election, but we'll still be using the traditional paper ballots. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The pandemic election is upon us. How will COVID-19 impact the way we vote?

How COVID-19 will impact the way you vote

HUNG UP: If neither party obtains a majority of the 151 seats in the House of Representatives, it results in a hung parliament.

Punters are predicting a hung parliament to result at this week's federal election. So what is it and what happens next?

What is a hung parliament and is Australia likely to have one?

BOMBED: A stray left to sniff around Borod Tower in Ukraine. Photo: supplied

As bombs and missiles rain down, artist and filmmaker George Gittoes is feeling increasingly unnerved about his safety in Ukraine.

'War is on our doorstep': Filmmaker fears for safety in Ukraine

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr (left) said departing NSW deputy premier John Barilaro wouldn't make a good sewage detective. Pictures: Sitthixay Ditthavong, Elesa Kurtz

The Chief Minister was speaking on Monday after John Barilaro announced he would quit NSW politics.

Barr 'unlikely' to be laying flowers for John Barilaro

Defence Minister Peter Dutton described a Chinese warship's sailing off the coast of Western Australia as "an aggressive act". Picture: Keegan Carroll

"All this rhetoric by Mr Dutton is just politics. His language around war ... all this sort of stuff that's gone on for the last year is highly dangerous," the WA Premier said.

Dutton is 'biggest threat to national security', WA Premier says

GORMLESS: Does the way a politician responds to a 'gotcha' question matter to voters?

GST on birthday cakes, the price of petrol, and recall of random statistics: Does the way a politician responds to a 'gotcha' question matter to voters?

History of the 'gotcha' question: How elections are won or lost on a gaffe

WINNERS LINE UP: Matt Gselmann (2nd place), Christian Pimm (1st place), Jerry Stack (sixth place), Matt Lake (3rd place), Dave Arens (4th place), and Pat Broder (fifth place) at the 35th Sapphire Coast Boardriders Gazamal Malibu Surf Comp. Photo: John Smythe 

'Perfect Malibu surf conditions': South Coast winners of the 35th Gazamal Malibu Surf Comp

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra won with their entry Stefania.

Eurovision is like a bag of Every Flavour Jelly Beans - you really don't know what you're going to get.

Eurovision opened my eyes to the exciting world we live in

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Cardinal George Pell is due to be sentenced after being found guilty of child sexual abuse.

Chief Judge Peter Kidd has handed down his sentence after Cardinal George Pell was convicted for attacks on two choirboys in the 1990s.

George Pell sentenced to six years

STRONG: Beautiful toddler Penelope Dean is the sunshine of her mother Emily's life. The brave little girl has been treated for a rare tumour.

Most people know McHappy Day is all about a good cause. The Dean family had first-hand experience of how the charity supports children fighting serious illness.

How McHappy Day helps brave tots like Penelope

Tokyo Olympian Nathan Katz will make his Commonwealth Games judo debut for Australia in Birmingham

Katz brothers in Comm Games judo team

David Chou was arraigned on charges of murder, attempted murder and use of a destructive device.

US church shooter had gun licence

A Sydney study looked at the effect of COVID-19 on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.

Viral load worse for lung disease patients

Tiger Woods is gunning for major title number 16 at this week's PGA Championship in Oklahoma.

Woods confident of a PGA Championship win

Brisbane police are waiting to speak to a man after a suspicious device sparked two sieges.

Man in hospital after Brisbane sieges

InSight has detected more than 1300 marsquakes since landing on Mars in 2018.

Dusty demise looms for NASA Mars lander

Investigators doubt Donald Trump "would add any more value with his testimony".

US Capitol panel unlikely to call Trump

Elon Musk was in a rush to clinch a Twitter takeover deal, Twitter's proxy statement indicates.

Musk didn't seek more deal info: Twitter

Tim David cracked an 18-ball 46 for Mumbai Indians but was run out when poised to win the IPL match.

David's IPL blast just fails for Mumbai

Wages and cost of living issues are likely to dominate day 38 of the federal election campaign.

Cost of living, not costings key: Labor

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler is aiming to win his second major of 2022 this week in Tulsa.

Scheffler targeting second major success

A stunning, one of a kind award-winning home that sits on the corner of one of the most premier streets on the Sapphire Coast

An award-winning home

Victoria's Burnet Institute is teaming up with drug maker Moderna to develop new vaccines.

Vic institute to tackle neglected diseases

The Opera House will be lit up in orange from 6:30pm on Wednesday in honour of SES volunteers.

Opera House sails glow orange for SES

Brice Samba made three saves in Nottingham Forest's shootout success over Sheffield United.

Forest book Wembley date with shootout win

Some 1100 Victorians have bought a home under the state Labor governent's shared equity scheme.

More buying homes under Vic govt program

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The front entrance of Albert Moore Gardens aged care facility. Photo: Agedcare101

Albert Moore Gardens aged cared facility in Merimbula suspends 15 resident beds

Angie Hart, Heath Cullen, Michael Simic, Dr Kirsten Krauth, Michael Mooney, Inga Liljestrom.

Almost a Mirror by Dr Kirsten Krauth premiere performance at The Tathra Hotel with musicians from VIC and NSW

Almost a Mirror an '80s mixtape brought to life

The Social Justice Advocates of the Sapphire Coast (SJA) have found locations for their transportable housing units in Pambula and Bega. The above image is only a product shot, not the location of their of the Bega Valley sites. Photo: Same Day Granny Flats

Bega and Pambula sites allocated for Social Justice Advocates transportable housing units

Former Moruya-local Brendan Johnston said racing at Mogo was like coming home.
Photograph: Rocky Trails

Former Moruya-local Brendan Johnston has won the second race of Rocky Trail's Shimano MTB Grand Prix Series held at Mogo on May 14.

Home town advantage for cycling champion Brendan Johnston

Glebe Wetlands group encourages submissions on residential development modification

Concept design of Bega sporting precinct included in the BVSC-endorsed plans of June 2021.

A cost blowout of $4.5million has hit plans for major sporting precinct redevelopments in Bega and Pambula, forcing Bega Valley Shire Council to reconsider its options on delivering the projects.

$4.5m cost blowout for Bega, Pambula sports precincts

Jack Ellwood from Wolumla Public School wins first place with MC Alisha Myhill. Photo: Amandine Ahrens

Fourteen schools took part in the Far South Coast zone cross country event hosted at Wolumla, the overall school winner on the day was Bermagui and the winner of the small schools category was Wolumla.

District schools brave muddy terrain in Far South Coast cross country

Money raised from the Tathra Mountain Bike Festival will go towards maintaining the trails.

Tathra Mountain Bike Festival returns after two years

Rosedale resident Jack Egan and the remains of his house after the Black Summer Bushfires

At least nine of the 10 main recommendations of the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements Report have not been implemented according to the Emergency Leaders for Climate Action

Bushfire victims urge voters to put climate first

Bega and Tathra Hospital Auxiliaries to run another fundraiser event in Tathra on the June long weekend. Photo supplied

On the weekend of June 11 and 12, both hospital auxiliaries will host a two fay fundraiser dubbed Santa Pop Up Shop with 'Bric n Brac', at the Green Shed in Tathra.