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FEELING THE PINCH: Median weekly rent costs have risen more than 20 per cent in some regional cities while wages continue to stagnate.

Some areas have seen prices jump by more than 20 per cent in the past year.

Weekly rent costs rise to new heights as wages stagnate

Prime Minister Scott Morrison with wife Jenny, and daughters Lily and Abbey arrive to vote at the Lilli Pilli Public School on election day. Picture: AAP

Prime Minister and Labor leader Anthony Albanese both voted at almost the exact same time, several Sydney suburbs apart on Saturday.

PM delivers election day bombshell, Albanese 'hopeful' about Labor win

Anthony Albanese, with partner Jodie Haydon, started election day in the Melbourne seat of Higgins. Picture: AAP 

Anthony Albanese declared it was "time on in the fourth quarter".

Albanese says he's slept well as polls tighten, Morrison heads to home electorate

BANGER ON BREAD: ACM's own Ringer presents The Democracy Banana. Picture: Ash Walmsley

It's the most important vote you'll cast this weekend.

Should 'democracy bananas' replace sausages at the polling centre sizzle up?

BEST IN CAMPAIGN: A few of our favourite moments from the 2022 federal election.

The funniest campaign bloopers, blunders and the moments that made us smile.

Gaffes, bloopers and best moments from the 2022 federal election

Motherhood is not a particularly glamorous thing and we love these shows for telling it like it is.

Which working mother are you? TV's best mums

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Jenny Morrison and Liberal candidate for Blair Sam Biggins at Springfield Rise Display Village. Picture: AAP

Scott Morrison's unrelenting election focus on outer suburban seats could remake the Liberals.

Morrison bets Coalition's future on suburban gambit

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

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

There are 133,158 active cases across the state.

NSW COVID-19 hospitalisations drop as 10 lives are lost

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

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Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison cast their votes in their home electorates on Saturday.

After six gruelling weeks, we're finally there: election day.

Election day live: the latest news as Australians go to the polls

BELTER: This monster 136cm Murray cod was caught by Scott Harris on a recent trip to Echuca. Picture: Pallas Pressnell

Trout season ends June 13 but cray season opens on June 1.

Time to say goodbye trout and hello crays

ON TRACK: Martin Fraser, 16, with his father, Peter, who will be exhibiting their display for the first time at the annual Murray Railway Modellers show. Picture: MARK JESSER

'There's just something so magical about a steam locomotive'

Full steam ahead for father and son at Border model train show

A brilliant 93 from England's Moeen Ali was not enough to earn Super Kings victory in the IPL.

Rajasthan books place in IPL qualifier

UNITED VOICE: The rally at Wodonga on May 15 which drew more than 1000 people called for a new single site hospital for the region.

Border health officials have criticised a call to divide services

Time to stop throwing grenades and unite for better health, say boffins

End to 39 years of flying from Albury to Melbourne a major loss for Border region

OUR SAY: Border passengers will be hit hardest with axing of Regional Express route

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese shake hands at one of the leaders' debates. Picture: AAP

A nine-year-old government that's run out of ideas versus an opposition afraid any idea might lose them the election

Which of these men should lead: Our say

FLASHBACK: On August 29, 2010, about 1400 people form the shape of a heart at an Albury-Wodonga rally to push for a cancer centre. Better Border Health hopes Sunday's rally will help unite the community behind another health cause, a new hospital.

Border residents urged to unite in campaign for new hospital

OUR SAY: Community rally our chance to turn up, speak out on health

Cynical political parochialism at play is messing with real lives and must stop

OUR SAY: New hospital blame game just has to stop; find a solution, get it built

Victoria must be transparent on whether it genuinely plans new Border hospital

OUR SAY: Secrecy over hospital sows genuine doubt in community about commitment

Former prime minister John Howard. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Whoever becomes Australia's federal health minister after May 21 needs to make the introduction of nationally consistent abortion laws a priority.

Women's rights can't be taken for granted

Challenge for many Border employers will be adapting what they do each and every day

OUR SAY: COVID-19's a forever-change for workplaces grappling with a new future

The Coalition wants us to 'prepare for war to ensure peace'. Picture: Anna Warr

National security and coal policy big early issues in federal election

Voters in Indi deserve better than rhetoric and put downs in the contest to win their vote on May 21.

Lots of talk in Indi, but sadly much of it is of little substance

EDITORIAL: 'What counts is taking a stand by agitating through a carefully considered vote'

OUR SAY: National vote a time of great consequence in such challenging times

Zali Steggall has made her mark in Parliament after beating Tony Abbott at the 2019 election. Picture: AAP

Voters have been turning away from the major parties over the past two decades, for very good reason.

The era of minority government is upon us, and we should welcome it

The radicalism absent from Labor's 2022 manifesto is made up for in the unspoken but no-less transformative erosion of standards by the current government. Picture: AAP, Shutterstock, The Conversation

While the 2022 election is not about the reform possibilities of an incoming government, it is about the urgent need to rescue longstanding governing norms.

Australians face their starkest choice at the ballot box in 50 years. Here's why

The way you vote will affect young people the most - but those under 18 are without a voice this federal election. Picture: AAP

Whether it's the environment, housing affordability or diversity and inclusion, the concerns of young people deserve to be heard at this election.

Will you use your vote to uphold the voices of those of us who can't?

Extreme weather disasters are costing Australia dearly, and we're only just beginning to experience their effects. Picture: Jamila Toderas

Almost one-third of Australians using Vote Compass rank climate change as their number-one issue.

Climate barely rated a mention this election, but it will be on Australians' minds today

The news has been all bad for workers recently in terms of a fall in real wages. Picture: Shutterstock

The next government could rebalance fiscal policy via a mini-budget not long after the election. Will they?