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Early remote polling starts today across the country. We hear what matters to the people in the seat of Durack. And posters belonging to the Labor candidate for O’Connor in Western Australia have been defaced. A burka, the garment traditionally worn by Muslim women, has been drawn over Shelley Payne’s posters. She says multiple posters have had to be replaced and that “racism is an issue” in her community.

Voters' distrust of politics is at the highest levels since the 1960s. That's according to successive political surveys since then. Dr Ian McAllister says in the bush this could translate to more people voting for minor parties and independents. And we hear from older voters, who make up a quarter of all eligible Australian voters.

The Great Barrier Reef and the Adani coalmine are top priorities for voters in the most marginal seat in Australia this election. The natural wonder of reef brings tourism dollars, but jobs provided by mining opportunities are proving attractive for voters.

New research into the housing market has found prices continue to drop both in metro and country areas. Core Logic's Cameron Kusher says the election throws up other uncertainties that will affect the property market in regional areas, particularly Labor's proposed changes to negative gearing.

Thousands of people in regional seats have turned up to cast their vote early at pre polling booths. Dr Stephen Mills from the University of Sydney says this trend towards early voting effects the political process.

Tiny houses are being touted as a solution for older women, facing homelessness. The number of women over the age of 55 experiencing housing stress in Australia is on the rise. And the New South Wales Government has approved a $250 million gas terminal at Port Kembla, near Wollongong. The floating site is tipped to play a major role in the supply of gas to the east coast.

The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised to boost the number of regional apprenticeships on offer, and voters against live exports are on the rise.

The West Australian mining community of Newman is calling for government support to address hundreds of abandoned and boarded up houses and Fraser Island debates dingo control.

Member for New England Barnaby Joyce defends a controversial water buyback in 2017 and Labor promises to overhaul the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility.

As the Prime Minister campaigns in marginal Tasmanian electorates the state's high unemployment rate once again makes headlines.