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Political editor Katharine Murphy joins Jane Lee to discuss the possible paths to victory for the election on Saturday. Labor needs to gain seven seats to form majority government while the Coalition must offset any losses with gains elsewhere

This weekend, Australians head to the polls. After a long and at times hollow campaign, devoid of big picture and big policy, have the major parties earned your vote? Or have the minor parties and so-called ‘teal’ independents influenced the campaign for the better? In this episode of Full Story, Gabrielle Jackson talks to Lenore Taylor and Mike Ticher about the Guardian view on the election, and the challenges ahead

Labor has released its policy costings, revealing a $7.4bn increase in the deficit if elected. Political editor Katharine Murphy joins Jane Lee to discuss the political risks and consequences involved

After promising and failing to set up a federal anti-corruption commission during the last term of parliament, Scott Morrison has faced a barrage of questions during the campaign over the future of a federal version of Icac. Meanwhile, if Labor wins the election, Anthony Albanese is promising to legislate a national anti-corruption commission by the end of 2022. Chief political correspondent Sarah Martin speaks to Laura Murphy-Oates about the major parties’ competing plans for an anti-corruption commission, and why this body is needed

Political editor Katharine Murphy joins Jane Lee to discuss the final Guardian Essential poll results before the election and why every vote will be critical this weekend

Home to some of the most culturally diverse communities in Australia, the seats of Reid, Parramatta and Lindsay in western Sydney are a tantalising prospect for the major parties. Traditionally Labor heartland, the demographic changes have resulted in marginal seats that can be flipped by the right candidate. So will the pitch of either of the major parties be effective this election?Guardian Australia reporters Michael McGowan and Mostafa Rachwani talk to voters in the marginal seats about issues they care about and explain to Laura Murphy-Oates why western Sydney is the ‘golden goose’ of the election

Political reporter Paul Karp talks to Jane Lee from the Coalition’s campaign bus about how the prime minister is managing the media and his priorities in the last days before the federal election

This week more than 1.2 million people are voting for the first time – a cohort made up of young people and new citizens. But a Plan International report has found three quarters of young women voting for the first time don’t feel politics is an equal space for women and people of colour. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to two women voting for the first time about the significance of casting their vote, and reporter Matilda Boseley breaks down what first-time voters need to know

Over the past few days the prime minister, Scott Morrison, has promised to change how he behaves and has introduced a new flagship policy to help first-home buyers into the market by taking money from their super. Chief political correspondent, Sarah Martin, joins Jane Lee to discuss how the Coalition is trying to sway undecided voters in the final week of the election

People with disability say their NDIS support is being cut and the process to appeal the decision is weighted against them. The Coalition has previously claimed the cost of the scheme is blowing out, but is promising to ‘fully fund’ it going forward, while Labor is proposing a major overhaul to the NDIS if it wins government. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Guardian Australia’s social affairs and inequality editor, Luke Henriques-Gomes, about reports that crucial disability supports are being cut and what the major parties are planning for the future of the NDIS