Headlines from across the country on Saturday were election focused as the political circus in the lead-up to ballot day begins. However, it is still unclear when voters will actually head to the polls.
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Australians from across the country continue to wait with bated breath with the Prime Minister tipped to announce the election date by the end of the weekend.
There are only two possible Saturdays left for an election to be held, May 14 or May 21, and any delays mean MPs would need to return to Canberra this week.
If the Scott Morrison does not visit the Governor-General by this Sunday it will rule out the earlier May date, as a minimum of 33 days is required between calling an election and polling day.
While the airwaves, social media and print will be dominated by seasoned political voices and spin, the voices and opinions of everyday people is key.
The Canberra Times has launched Australian Community Media's "Pub Test" series which will see five Canberrans discuss policy areas, along with other topics, once a week in the lead up to election day.
Fourteen daily mastheads in the ACM group have assembled a panel of local voters who will look at the promises being made and put them to the pub test.
Climate change has voters from around the nation riled up with an action group in Armidale, NSW, increasing its efforts ahead of the federal election.
Climate Action Group Armidale is demanding more immediate action be taken against climate change to see genuine progress made by 2030, but is fearful that will not happen under the current government.
Despite the Coalition agreeing to meet net-zero emissions by 2050, CAGA believes they are leaving too much work to be done in the latter part of that timeframe.
"I think a lot of people are thinking about this sort of thing right now given the circumstances we've experienced, in terms of weather and the extremities of weather that have been going on," CAGA convenor for Sustainable Living Armidale, Annette Kilarr, said.
In contrast, serial climate change denier and leader of the United Australia Party, Craig Kelly was in Launceston on Saturday morning, as he announced the Tasmanian candidates for the federal election.
This comes after he was egged during a rally at a park in Melbourne on Friday.
Speaking about the incident, Mr Kelly said he hoped Victorian police would prosecute.
"We can't have in our society where it's acceptable for someone to sneak up behind someone and hit them in the back of the head with an egg," Mr Kelly said.
"That's not what we want to see in Australian politics. People can bail us up and ask tough and hard questions, that should be part of the job, but when it comes to physical violence, we need to stamp this out as it cannot be a part of our Australian society.
"We have to set the precedent that violence against elected officials cannot be tolerated in this country."
*This edition of The Informer was written by ACM journalist Hannah Neale. If you'd like to show your support for the team behind The Informer, why not forward us to a friend?
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