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Australia has a confirmed case. Here's what you need to know.

Monkeypox: what you need to know

Hannah Neale

Doug Dingwall

Bridget Archer says she doesnt have a view on Scott Morrison remaining leader after the election, whatever happens. Picture: Finn McHugh

Stay tuned in here for all the developments as Australians turn out to decide who will lead the Parliament and the nation for the next three years.

As it happened: 'At the moment, Scott Morrison is taking us to this election...': Lib MP

Miriam Webber

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese. Pictures: James Croucher and Sitthixay Ditthavong

It's just one sleep left until democracy sausage day.

With just one sleep to go, here's how the parties weigh up on your priorities

Scott Morrison took aim at Labor's record of "chaos" in government while campaigning in Perth.

Leaders make election eve pitch to voters

John O'Neill has quit as executive chairman of Star Entertainment.

Star chair O'Neill quits, joins exodus

UPHILL BATTLE: Jarod Collins and Rhianna Fox with their children James and Odessa. Odessa has Jansen de Vries syndrome and is only one of two people in Australia who has the syndrome. Picture: Adam Trafford.

A child's first step is something many parents eagerly anticipate.

Only two people have this condition in Australia. This brave girl is one of them

Olivia Ireland

All polling booths are set to be open across the country tomorrow. Picture: Karleen Minney

The Electoral Commissioner has confirmed all polling places will be open for election day.

All polling places will be open for election day: AEC

Stellios Maletsas has been jailed for at least 14 years for killing his neighbour with a pole.

Brutal Sydney pole murderer jailed 19 yrs

Gerard Cockburn

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny get their headscarves at Perth Sikh Gurdwara. Picture: AAP

The Prime Minister has spent his final full day of campaigning trying to bolster the Liberals' vote in the west.

Morrison urges voters not to 'risk' a Labor government

Labor's Anthony Albanese campaigned with former prime minister Julia Gillard in Adelaide.

Day 40 of the federal election campaign

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Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail. Pictures: Facebook, Steve Evans

Who shines out on the road with press pack in tow - and does it really matter?

The bizarre rituals of the campaign trail

Australia, Italy, Sweden, the UK, Spain, Portugal and the US are dealing with monkeypox outbreaks

A case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Victoria.

Confirmed monkeypox case in Australia

A still from Everything Went Fine. Picture: Sharmill Films

Ozon has often had a happy knack for getting to the heart of the matter with his deceptively simple intimate dramas.

Everything Went Fine a challenging take on end of life

Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese listens to former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard speak to the media during a press conference in Adelaide on Friday. Picture: AAP

Australia's first female prime minister has been out campaigning with Anthony Albanese as the race tightens a day out from polling day.

'He's ready': Gillard seeks the national female vote for Albanese

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Picture: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Prime Minister has walked around national security comments over revelations the government voted down aid funding to curb Chinese influence in the Pacific.

PM denies leak on Pacific aid cut

March4Justice rally. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Plans to better support working women and keep vulnerable women and girls safe have never been so keenly sought.

What the major parties are doing to woo women

This is a sample of The Echidna newsletter sent out each weekday morning till the end of the election.

Will Morrison soar like an eagle once again?

The wickedly funny world that Dahl created seems much of the time at arm's length.

To Olivia: A surface-only look at Roald Dahl's grief

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.

There is plenty of room for scapegoats if Labor loses tomorrow

Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at a press conference at the Michael Clarke Recreation Centre on Day 39 of the 2022 federal election campaign. Picture: AAP

Local MPs 'best people' to determine grants merits, the Prime Minister says.

'Looking at bits of paper': PM slams APS advice on grants

A still from How To Please A Woman. Picture: Supplied

Sally Phillips brings this comedic sensibility and panache to this new Aussie independent comedy.

How to Please a Woman a safe exploration of suburban sex work

Sergeant Melinda Duncan, Senior Constable Patrick Condon, Sergeant S.Maxwell, Joy Jorgensen, Aislinn D'Arcy, Ernie Walker OAM, Rachel, Niamh and Liam D'Arcy with Toruk the horse. Picture: Briannah Devlin

Ernie Walker OAM had the opportunity to meet a horse who was not only re-named in his honour, but holds a special place in his extended family's heart.

Tobruk survivor meets police horse named in his honour

There are 133,158 active cases across the state.

NSW COVID-19 hospitalisations drop as 10 lives are lost

Scott Morrison says rapid antigen tests would be "effective" for interstate travel. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong 

A pre-Christmas rush for PCR tests has left the Prime Minister calling for states to accept rapid antigen tests from interstate travelers, but one Premier is already pushing back.

PM demands rapid tests for travel as ACT hits out

Telephone voting for Australians who contracted COVID will be expanded.

Phone voting expanded to allow more people with COVID to vote

BEST: Lindsay Bourke's honey has been titles the best in the world. Picture: File

Today is World Bee Day, a chance to celebrate the importance of our 'most important insects'.

World Bee Day honours our tiny pollinators

Today, we score the Coalition and Labor on their commitments to the top 10 issues according to our readers. Pictures: AAP

Before the election campaign, ACM readers told us the issues most likely to decide their vote. Today, we score the Coalition and Labor on their promises.

Federal election scorecard: What the Coalition and Labor have promised

Whether he's crash-tackling under-eight soccer players or disappointing women voters, you can't deny Scott Morrison has form. Picture: James Croucher

How is it possible that Allegra Spender is not the local Liberal candidate for Wentworth?

It's time women started signing up for the Liberal Party

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: Cosmos science reporter Ellen Phiddian. Picture: supplied

Making formic acid with a ferric mineral.

Will soil carbon fix the climate crisis?

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Cardinal George Pell is due to be sentenced after being found guilty of child sexual abuse.

Chief Judge Peter Kidd has handed down his sentence after Cardinal George Pell was convicted for attacks on two choirboys in the 1990s.

George Pell sentenced to six years

STRONG: Beautiful toddler Penelope Dean is the sunshine of her mother Emily's life. The brave little girl has been treated for a rare tumour.

Most people know McHappy Day is all about a good cause. The Dean family had first-hand experience of how the charity supports children fighting serious illness.

How McHappy Day helps brave tots like Penelope

Monkeypox can transmit through air droplets, close bodily contact or sharing contaminated objects.

Spain reports 14 new monkeypox cases

Henry Nicholls is one of three members of New Zealand's touring party in England to contract COVID.

COVID-19 strikes NZ cricket touring party

The Crusaders have cemented second spot in Super Rugby Pacific after beating the Fijian Drua 61-3.

Crusaders rout Drua in Super statement

Melbourne will replace Kazan as host of the 2022 short-course world swimming championships.

Melbourne to host swim short-course worlds

Russians over the age of 40 may be allowed to join the military if a bill is passed into law.

Russia may allow over-40s to join its army

Canada is excluding China's Huawei from its 5G networks, following the US, Australia and others.

Canada joins ban on China's Huawei

Simon Goodwin's undefeated Melbourne are hoping to add more misery to North Melbourne's AFL season.

Premiers out to show North no mercy in AFL

Jesse Hogan is among seven inclusions for AFL club GWS as the Giants start life under a new coach.

Mass changes for GWS as McVeigh takes over

Multiple people have been stabbed in an attack in southeast Norway, police say.

Four people stabbed in Norway attack

Zak Williams, the son of beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams, will address this year's Albury-Wodonga Winter Solstice. Picture: SUPPLIED

'Dad was one of the funniest guys': Robin Williams' son to visit Australia

John Aloisi has been sharing tips with some of the sporting world's best-known coaches.

Aloisi leans on AFL, cricket counterparts

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The accident on Jamberoo Mountain Road. Photo: Kim Leevers

Traffic is heavily backed up on Jamberoo Mountain Road after a two-vehicle accident on Friday afternoon (May 20).

Traffic heavily backed up after accident on Jamberoo Mountain Road

Bee keeper and The Honey Thief store owner Deborah McLaughlin knows a thing or two about bees. Picture: Supplied.

A bee-keeper and The Honey Thief store owner, Deborah is celebrating the "crucial" importance of bees World Bee Day on May 20.

Bee keeper celebrates 'crucial' importance of bees on World Bee Day

Gwen and Minty ready to greet patients at the Southern Highlands Cancer Centre. Photo: supplied (PAWS Pet Therapy)


The charity specialises in medical settings such as chemotherapy as well as aged care and school visits, aiming to make illnesses and conditions like loneliness a little more bearable.

'It makes a huge difference': Meet the four-legged heroes helping cancer patients

Labor has described a steep rise in newsprint costs as "a terminal threat to local newspapers already on a knife-edge".

RIGHT TO KNOW: Fears that local news deserts across Australia will grow as print costs rise on July 1

'Crisis response' call to save local news

Chris Blaxland, Charlotte Webb, Stephen Jones MP and Peter Rowe at the Southern Highlands Botanic Gardens. Picture: file.


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Wingecarribee Shire Council have announced they will begin construction on stormwater drainage improvements works and a new carpark on Station Street. Photo: file

Wingecarribee Shire Council have announced they will begin construction on stormwater drainage improvements works and a new carpark