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In the aftermath of the summer's fast-hitting disasters, or through the enduring grip of drought, we have seen the best of our human qualities on display. In every village, town and city, every day. 

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A police raid targeting a Rio de Janeiro drug trafficking gang has resulted in 25 deaths.

Dozens dead after Rio de Janeiro slum raid

David Pocock will win the ACT's second Senate seat, election analysts believe. Picture: James Croucher

Independent experts surveyed by The Canberra Times all see one outcome as by far the most likely.

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Russia plans to pay dollar-denominated debt in roubles, a move likely to be seen as a default.

Russia plans to pay debt in roubles

China is looking to enter security arrangements across the Pacific that resemble the Solomons pact.

China pushes for Pacific security deals

Liberal candidate Andrew Constance is 114 votes ahead of sitting Labor MP Fiona Phillips in Gilmore.

Liberals widen lead in NSW seat of Gilmore

As leader, Anthony Albanese has had leeway his predecessor Bill Shorten wouldn't have had. Picture: AAP

Scott Morrison is perfectly correct in arguing that if you change the government, you change the country. People must decide that they want that, from the evidence they have been presented.

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If Labor wins, it may inherit a government strewn with booby traps

There are limits on what Anthony Albanese can boast about from this campaign. Picture: AAP

Anthony Albanese has nothing to apologise for, but there are limits on what he can boast about.

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Pictures: AAP, Sitthixay Ditthavong, James Croucher

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Albanese needs to do more than just be 'the other guy'

Hard-right conservatives in the Liberal Party could benefit if teal independents oust moderate MPs. Picture: AAP

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Teal independents could prove end of moderates in the Liberal party

Scott Morrison presents Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare with a ukulele on a 2019 visit. Picture: AAP

Australia is still the most significant educational and migration centre - but, frankly, our politicians think condescendingly of most Pacific islanders as a reserve fruit picking force.

We've treated our 'Pacific family' condescendingly. They may delight in our discomfort

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Modern political parties tend to shy away from allowing policy matters to be at the centre of election campaigns. That's because good policy involves discussing choices and consequences and thinking aloud.

This campaign needs a touch of the spiritual

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Labor should know better. It must deal with the ranters and journalists, but it should abandon efforts to get matey with Murdoch's editors, or to anticipate the whims and needs of the corporation behind them.

Labor remains scared of the shadow of a paper tiger

Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells. Picture: AAP

One day, Scott Morrison may be sitting on a park bench back at his native Bronte beach feeding the pigeons and will blame Fierravanti-Wells for his fall from grace.

It's the best system money can buy, and that is simply not good enough

The election is Anthony Albanese's to lose with Prime Minister Scott Morrison seriously losing momentum. Picture: Elesa Kurtz 

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