Both major parties have made a pitch to Western Sydney as their federal election campaigns continue. Labor's focus remains on health, whilst the Coalition is promoting its cost of living measures.

The United States has confirmed it will impose a blanket 10 per cent tariff on all Australian goods - but targeted import levies on pharmaceuticals haven't materialised yet. The tariff announcement has spurred a political debate about how to respond to Donald Trump, and a potential global trade war.

Housing, employment, and remote road infrastructure are key issues for voters in remote regions of the Northern Territory. As campaigning continues for the upcoming federal election on May 3rd, SBS travelled to the community of Ramingining, around 600 kilometres east of Darwin, where the Minister for Indigenous Australians took her pitch to voters this week.

The Australian Labor Party, currently led by Anthony Albanese, has been around since the 1890s. With the election just weeks away, SBS explains a bit more about the party.

Labor has asked the Fair Work Commission to deliver an economically sustainable wage rise for 3 million Australians. It comes as the opposition vows to cut red tape for businesses.

Pretty soon, Australians are going to be asked to vote. And there's a pretty diverse choice on the ballot paper. So who are we voting for? And who can even be a politician in the first place?

International issues have overshadowed the campaign, with additional tariffs from the United States looming.

The Prime Minister has made his first pitch to Perth this election campaign. Whilst the Opposition Leader is trying to sell his plan to reduce power prices and reserve more gas for the Australian market.

New polling has indicated that Labor is within just one seat of forming a majority government in the May 3 election as the campaign gets underway. The YouGov findings are a stunning reversal of fortune for Labor, who was trailing in a similar poll released in February.

Both major parties have begun their official federal election campaigns, choosing Queensland to get proceedings underway. Anthony Albanese has launched his re-election fight in Peter Dutton's own electorate of Dickson, while the Coalition has chosen to start in a seat currently held by the Greens that they are hoping to claim.