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What aspiring homeowners need to know about the major parties' housing policies ahead of Saturday's election.

The long distance to travel for maternity services in many parts of regional Australia is playing on the minds of voters in some key electorates.

Why the use of anti-viral medications for COVID is limited in Australia. We'll discuss the case for expanding their availability.

A late switch in the Prime Minister's campaign strategy – promising to jettison a 'bulldozer' approach and change if he's reelected.

Political journalist Karen Middleton tells 'PM' the Prime Minister's pledge is an admission his style isn't going over well with voters.

Funding for the Great Barrier Reef is back in the political spotlight, but local tourism operators are sceptical as both major parties continue to support fossil fuels.

Experts plead with Australians to take COVID seriously and reduce transmission, as another 52 people are reported to have died.

A marginal seat wins new mental health funding, but mental health leaders give neither major party a tick for their policies.

Why some political journalists enjoy 'the drop', the ABC's Hidden Campaign project looks at a key tactic of spin doctors that's skewing reports and leaving you in the dark.

A hail of criticism of Australian golfer Greg Norman - after he dismissed Saudi Arabia's killing of a dissident journalist - saying 'everyone makes mistakes'.

A close look at one of the election campaign's starkest contrasts, Labor will back some of the poorest in society – pushing for the minimum wage to rise with inflation, the Coalition warns against it, insisting it risks economic turmoil.

We'll hear from politicians, economists, and business, and crucially those low paid workers who are struggling to make ends meet.

China persists with lockdowns and a zero-COVID target as research finds an easing of the rules could see one and half million dead.

How people with ADHD are raising awareness of the condition on TikTok, we'll look at the risks and benefits of discussing health on social media.

Australia's international spy chief suggests Chinese officials are increasingly unhappy and feeding information to Australian agencies.

A medical expert fact checks the Prime Minister – after he offers support to his candidate who spoke of 'mutilated' transgender children.

Anthony Albanese confirms he wants to see wage rises match inflation; economist Richard Holden explains that any broad lift is dependent on productivity growth.  

Another case of the NDIS falling short of expectations, after knocking back specialist accommodation for a man with dementia and a brain injury.

Less than two weeks until polling day and many Australians are already locking in their choice at early voting centres. We head to the Liberal stronghold of Bennelong in Sydney, where Labor thinks it has a chance.

The son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos is on course for a big election win in the Philippines, as the country's democracy faces serious tests.

And Eurovision kicks off in Italy. The song contest is billed as free from politics, but Russia's war against Ukraine could make this year's the most politically charged yet.

The Electoral Commission is investigating after rogue signs were put up labelling independent candidates as Greens.

The cost of building material and labour is rising, one part of the inflation challenge facing Australia. We'll go to Southeast Queensland where people struggling to recover from the floods are facing escalating bills.

Facebook whistle-blowers suggest the social media giant deliberately blocked pages beyond just news during tense negotiations with the Australian government.

Emergency doctor Stephen Parnis speaks out about the moral injury he's suffering from seeing people waiting six hours or more for help.

Scott Morrison finds support amongst small business owners on a main street in Western Sydney. We'll look at what small firms want from the next government.

The progressive activist group GetUp working to harness the electoral power of First Nations’ voters in far north Queensland, where climate and housing are key. Will they unseat the LNP's Warren Entsch?

A defence of Federal spending on community dog parks as the would-be Federal Treasurers are put to the test in the latest election debate.

A new attack from the Prime Minister on a federal integrity commission – he warns of a ‘public autocracy’ -constitutional law scholar Anne Twomey joins ‘PM’.

How COVID could reduce your IQ - researchers reveal the long-term effects from severe cases of the disease.

The reserve bank hikes the cash rate target by one quarter of a percent and signals it's just the start.  

It means talk of mortgage stress, but a new report says fewer and fewer Australians will ever afford their own home and it scopes ideas to broaden housing options, as even rents get tougher to find.

And an extraordinary leak from within the United States' Supreme Court a draft ruling would quash the constitutional right to abortion.