Election 2025 live: Dutton says he would live in Kirribilli as PM because he ‘loves the harbour’; Coalition continues mixed

Dutton says if elected he would live in Kirribilli ‘any day over Canberra’

Peter Dutton was on Kiis FM a little earlier this morning, where he told Kyle and Jackie O he’d stay in Sydney over the Lodge in Canberra (where Anthony Albanese currently resides).

We would live in Kirribilli. We love Sydney, we love the harbour, it’s a great city, and so yes. You’ve got the choice between Kirribilli or living in Canberra. I think I’ll take Sydney any day over living in Canberra.

A bit of trivia for you:

Scott Morrison and John Howard both lived in Kirribilli House, and then stayed at the Lodge when in Canberra.

Tony Abbott also lived in Kirribilli House, as the Lodge was being renovated, while Malcolm Turnbull lived in his Point Piper home until the renovations were finished, and he moved into the Lodge in 2016.

Kevin Rudd (who also hails from Queensland) lived in the Lodge, as did Julia Gillard – but she only moved in after she won the 2010 election.

Peter Dutton’s campaign has arrived in the Labor seat of Paterson, in NSW’s Hunter region. We’re at a mining business, where Dutton will do a factory tour and a press conference shortly.

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Appearing with him are the Liberal candidates for Paterson and the nearby seat of Shortland, as well as senator Maria Kovacic.

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There’s been a lot of hi-vis already on Dutton’s campaign trail and today is no different.

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Moving away from the election coverage for a moment:

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The Queensland state government is set to introduce legislation into parliament this week in order to sentence more children as adults in the court system.

\n The government’s first round of “adult crime, adult time” legislation became law last year. It included 13 offences including murder, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and break and entry and applies to children as young as 10.

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The premier, David Crisafulli, announced on Sunday that more offences would be added to the list, including rape, attempted murder, aggravated attempted robbery, torture and arson.

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This is the next stage, but it won’t be the last stage, we won’t rest until we arrest the youth crime crisis.

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Children as young as 10 face a potential life sentence for attempted murder, rape and arson, or 14 years for torture or aggravated attempted robbery.

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The first round of legislation came under criticism by experts, legal groups, human rights advocates and the United Nations.

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The new legislation was recommended by a five-person panel appointed by the LNP. The Labor opposition called on the government to publish the group’s advice.

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Peter Dutton was on Kiis FM a little earlier this morning, where he told Kyle and Jackie O he’d stay in Sydney over the Lodge in Canberra (where Anthony Albanese currently resides).

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We would live in Kirribilli. We love Sydney, we love the harbour, it’s a great city, and so yes. You’ve got the choice between Kirribilli or living in Canberra. I think I’ll take Sydney any day over living in Canberra.

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A bit of trivia for you:

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Scott Morrison and John Howard both lived in Kirribilli House, and then stayed at the Lodge when in Canberra.

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Kevin Rudd (who also hails from Queensland) lived in the Lodge, as did Julia Gillard – but she only moved in after she won the 2010 election.

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Good morning from Newcastle, where Peter Dutton’s campaign has just touched down after an early morning flight from Sydney.

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The Hunter region is high on the Liberal hitlist, with their eyes on the seats of Hunter, Paterson and Shortland. This is also one of the areas where Dutton plans to build a nuclear power station.

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No word on our itinerary yet (the Dutton camp keeps their cards quite close to their chest) but we’ll keep you updated.

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The opposition leader will be in Brisbane later today.

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Labor would help fund a $355m upgrade of a major Perth hospital if it wins the 3 May federal election.

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Anthony Albanese will make the announcement on Monday alongside the WA premier, Roger Cook, after flying into the western capital for his first visit of the campaign.

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Albanese will pledge $200m to the planned upgrade of St John of God Midland public hospital, which includes 60 extra beds, two operating theatres, a new intensive care unit and emergency department.

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The Cook government will fund the remaining $155m.

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The commitment is expected to be among several health-related announcements in the first full week of the campaign, as Albanese attempts to frame the election narrative around one of Labor’s biggest policy strengths.

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The health minister, Mark Butler, said:

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This election is a choice between Labor’s plan to keep building or Peter Dutton’s promise to cut. Only a vote for Labor is a vote for stronger Medicare.

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As mentioned yesterday, WA has been a Labor stronghold since former premier Mark McGowan closed the border at the start of the pandemic, delivering Albanese four seats – and majority government – at the 2022 election.

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Although McGowan is long gone, Cook’s thumping state election victory showed the Labor brand remains strong while the Liberals continue to struggle, winning just seven of 59 seats at the 8 March state poll.

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Good morning,

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Krishani Dhanji here with you, and we’re on leader watch this morning as Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton work their way around the country to vie for voters’ attention and trust.

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Last night the prime minister flew over to WA – which swung heavily to Labor at the last election, and will be essential if the party wants to form at least a minority government. Albanese will be sand-bagging those seats as much as he possibly can.

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There Albanese is making a hospital announcement this morning, while his energy minister Chris Bowen releases new analysis from his department of Dutton’s nuclear plan.

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Dutton spent last night in Sydney, and our reporter Josh Butler, who’s travelling with him, tells us he met with former PM John Howard at his hotel.

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The Liberal plane will be flying elsewhere this morning … we’ll be waiting to see where they touch down.

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We’ll bring you all their movements and announcements.

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Key events

Dutton arrives at mining business in NSW Hunter region

Josh Butler

Peter Dutton’s campaign has arrived in the Labor seat of Paterson, in NSW’s Hunter region. We’re at a mining business, where Dutton will do a factory tour and a press conference shortly.

Appearing with him are the Liberal candidates for Paterson and the nearby seat of Shortland, as well as senator Maria Kovacic.

There’s been a lot of hi-vis already on Dutton’s campaign trail and today is no different.

Qantas announces board shake-up

Qantas has announced advertising veteran Todd Sampson will retire as a director from the airline’s board, and will leave the organisation on 31 July this year.

Dion Weisler has been appointed as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect, which Qantas says is in line with its commitment to renew the board.

In a statement, the Qantas chair, John Mullen, said Sampson’s “guidance and insights have been deeply appreciated” during one of the “most challenging” periods in airline history.

On behalf of the board, I’d like to express our gratitude to Todd for his contributions over the past ten years.

With a significantly refreshed board and executive team in place, Qantas is in a strong position to deliver for its customers, people and shareholders, and regain its place as one of Australia’s most trusted brands.

Queensland to list new offences under controversial youth crime laws

Andrew Messenger

Moving away from the election coverage for a moment:

The Queensland state government is set to introduce legislation into parliament this week in order to sentence more children as adults in the court system.

The government’s first round of “adult crime, adult time” legislation became law last year. It included 13 offences including murder, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and break and entry and applies to children as young as 10.

The premier, David Crisafulli, announced on Sunday that more offences would be added to the list, including rape, attempted murder, aggravated attempted robbery, torture and arson.

This is the next stage, but it won’t be the last stage, we won’t rest until we arrest the youth crime crisis.

Children as young as 10 face a potential life sentence for attempted murder, rape and arson, or 14 years for torture or aggravated attempted robbery.

The first round of legislation came under criticism by experts, legal groups, human rights advocates and the United Nations.

The new legislation was recommended by a five-person panel appointed by the LNP. The Labor opposition called on the government to publish the group’s advice.

AEC warns against unsolicited postal vote applications over data privacy concerns

The Australian electoral commission (AEC) is this morning warning voters against using unsolicited postal vote application forms.

The AEC says political parties and candidates reportedly use the application forms – which can be sent via SMS, email or post – can collect data about voters before being forwarded to the commission.

There’s specific eligibility criteria for putting in a postal vote, which you can read on the AEC’s website here.

The AEC commissioner, Jeff Pope, says the number-one complaint they receive at almost every federal elections are concerns about unsolicited postal vote applications from political parties.

The AEC does not distribute unsolicited postal vote applications. If you receive an application form for a postal vote in the mail, or via SMS, it hasn’t come from the AEC.

People should always carefully consider what they’re doing with their personal information. The AEC takes privacy seriously and operates under the Privacy Act. Political parties don’t have to.

The AEC says it gave the same warning to voters during the 2022 election.

Lambie calls for east coast gas reserve

Jacqui Lambie (and her independent Senate colleague David Pocock) have been calling for a gas reserve policy on the east coast.

She told Sky News:

This could happen tomorrow, we could put in a 15% gas reserve policy, we’ve already seen it go off in WA, it’s doing extremely well there. There’s no reason why we can’t run that across the country, full stop.

If you want to see the gas companies jump up and down you can go 20 or 25% but let’s not go into an argument with them coming up to the election.

But Pocock has explicitly said that reserve shouldn’t also come with an increase in gas plants – as the Coalition has been planning.

Last week he told the ABC Australia didn’t have a gas supply shortage – “we have a gas export problem”.

Lambie calls for small business tax rate to be lowered to 15%

The peak body for small business, the council for small business organisations Australia (COSBOA) is launching a campaign blitz to pressure Labor and the Coalition to do more for the sector.

The body is calling for the company tax rate to be lowered from 25% to 20%.

Independent senator Jacqui Lambie told Sky News a little earlier that small business is “on its knees” and the tax rate should be lowered even further.

I’d be going further – Cosboa is being nice and they’re being kind – I’d go 15%. Also, it is about time David Pocock and I were promised to make sure we have a definition of business, outside of that, from 15 [staff] to 25. Small business is on its knees …

This is not looking good.

Small business support was a key political issue in parliament last week, when both major parties accused the other of stalling progress on the instant asset write-off.

Jacqui Lambie in the Senate last week. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Labor said the Coalition had left legislation hostage in the Senate to legislate a write-off of $20,000 for this financial year, while the Coalition said Labor needed to also legislate to continue the write off for the next financial year.

Meanwhile, the Coalition are trying to snag a few crucial seats from Labor in the Hunter region of NSW.

Peter Dutton is there this morning, as Josh Butler brought you earlier.

So what are the main issues there? Ben Doherty spoke to a small business owner on how he’s feeling about the election.

There’ll be plenty of seats that come down to the wire at this election, and WA is no different.

The west is essential for Labor if they want to stay ahead of the Coalition.

But what are some of the biggest issues on the ground, and what are the issues that could ultimately decide the election?

Narelle Towie has given us a picture of what life is like for a Perth tradie and how he sees the two political parties:

Dutton says if elected he would live in Kirribilli ‘any day over Canberra’

Peter Dutton was on Kiis FM a little earlier this morning, where he told Kyle and Jackie O he’d stay in Sydney over the Lodge in Canberra (where Anthony Albanese currently resides).

We would live in Kirribilli. We love Sydney, we love the harbour, it’s a great city, and so yes. You’ve got the choice between Kirribilli or living in Canberra. I think I’ll take Sydney any day over living in Canberra.

A bit of trivia for you:

Scott Morrison and John Howard both lived in Kirribilli House, and then stayed at the Lodge when in Canberra.

Kevin Rudd (who also hails from Queensland) lived in the Lodge, as did Julia Gillard – but she only moved in after she won the 2010 election.

Mixed messaging on referendums continues

Asked again about whether or not the Coalition would hold any referendums if in government, Paterson reiterated to RN Breakfast there are “no plans”… except they’re still considering one to give politicians the power to cancel the citizenship of criminal dual citizens.

We have no plans to hold any referendums if we win the next election. The only referendum that we would contemplate as a last resort is if legislative change to allow us to cancel citizenship of people who commit very serious crimes is not successful, then we will keep that on the table as a last resort.

So no plans, except there is a plan for one of the three that Peter Dutton mentioned on Sunday (and you can recap those three here).

We’ll keep following this issue.

Who can bring down energy prices more?

Liberal campaign spokesperson James Paterson is now joining RN Breakfast, remaining coy on when the price modelling for the Coalition’s gas plan will be released, and by how much it will reduce energy bills.

Famously, Labor promised dozens of times during the last election campaign that household bills would drop $275 under Labor (and if you don’t remember them saying it, you’ll remember the dozens more times the Coalition has reminded them of that promise).

Paterson says, “we’re not making this specific promise like the prime minister did before the last election … when Anthony Albanese abandons the Reputex modelling that he used to promise 97 times that he would reduce power bills by $275”.

Exactly how will the mechanism work? What are the actual numbers?

The way the east coast gas market works is about 2000 petajoules are produced in Australia on the east coast each year. Of that only less than 500 is consumed domestically, and about 1,500 is exported internationally.

Now from that 1,500, which is exported internationally, we are saying [we] will require between 50 and 100 of those petajoules to be diverted into the domestic market.

Gallagher says taskforce would determine what constitutes price-gouging

Over to Labor’s campaign spokesperson (and finance minister) Katy Gallagher, who’s on RN Breakfast, talking about the plan to stop supermarket price gouging.

How will it work? Gallagher says it’ll be up to a taskforce to determine:

We’re going to have a taskforce that will look at this. This is with Treasury, ACCC and other experts, to really look at how you would define if a price is excessive. There’s different definitions overseas …

Look, there are examples that people would see where they think, wow, those prices have really gone up much more than the market conditions would expect. And we saw that in Covid when people were trying to buy rapid antigen tests, for example. So we have seen examples of it, and this will allow us to get ahead of that.

But what about the fact that the ACCC didn’t find evidence of price gouging in its report to the government?

Gallagher says there were examples of prices escalating, and that the supermarket sector is “highly concentrated” and their market share is increasing.