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Deputy Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie is accusing the Labor Party of spreading lies about the coalition's health policy.
Labor is facing accusations of running a scare campaign over health policy after claims were made that the coalition would close urgent care clinics to pay for its nuclear policy.
The coalition has not pledged to match the number of new clinics announced by Labor, but has not stated any plans to close clinics.
Speaking on Sky News, Labor Senator Murray Watt says Peter Dutton's record speaks for itself.
"If you back to look at what Peter Dutton had to say about our Medicare urging urgent care clinics, he said that he'd keep a couple of them, ... he has to find the money to pay for his $600 billion in nuclear reactors, he's got no choice but to cut Medicare and to cut these urgent care clinics."
Also on Sky News, Bridget McKenzie says zero clinics will be closed if the coalition is elected.
"We want to restore bulk billing to where it was under the former coalition government... So if Labor, you know, running the scare campaign when it's actually harder and more expensive to see a doctor in this country under the Labor party."
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Federal Greens leader Adam Bandt says he has written to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet asking it to prepare a 'green book' to help prepare for a hung parliament.
Ahead of each election, public servants prepare red books, for a potential Labor government, and blue books, for a potential coalition government.
The books detail the parties respective policies and how they could be implemented.
But Adam Bandt says the likelihood of a minority government is higher this election.
"We've got less than a third of the country voting for the government, a bit more than a third of the country voting for the opposition, and about a third of the country voting for someone else. It's time for the public servants to prepare not only a red book and a blue book, but a green book as well, so that ideas like making sure that renters and first home buyers get a chance getting dental into Medicare, making childcare free are all ready to go when there's a minority government after this election."
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The Easter weekend drowning toll has climbed to six after a fisherman dies while a 14-year-old boy remains in a stable condition.
Emergency crews were called to Wattamolla in Sydney's south on Sunday morning after reports of two people being dragged into the ocean.
The latest drowning comes after a spate of deaths, including two fisherman on the New South Wales south coast and another in Sydney's north.
New South Wales Deputy Premier Prue Car says it's crucial that people follow the advice of lifesavers.
"It's really important to make sure that the people of New South Wales understand that while the weather is beautiful and yes, you want to get down to the beach with your kids during the break and the school holidays, please take the advice at all times of surf life saving. Make sure you stay away from dangerous swells you are putting your life in danger as well as those that we will have to send to save you."
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Christian pilgrims from around the world have gathered in east Jerusalem to celebrate the Holy Fire ceremony.
The deeply symbolic Easter ritual dates back more than 1,200 years and usually draws thousands of worshippers to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Christians believe Jesus was laid to rest.
Despite its significance, Israel imposed severe restrictions that prevented many Palestinian Christians from participating.
Israel announced it would only permit access to 6000 Christians from the West Bank, despite around 50,000 living there.
Local worshipper George Hananiya says it is very difficult to celebrate while Palestinians are still being killed every day.
"If you look at the Arab Palestinian people's ID cards, there is no place where it says Muslim or Christian, we are one people, one blood. Today, Gaza, Bethlehem, Turkarm and Jenin are all afflicted Palestinian towns. How is one Palestinian to be happy while his brother is bleeding. Today and with the bloodshed of Palestinians, each one that has lost has a family member, a mother, a father, a child, a whole family that is mourning him."
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says if Russia is ready to engage in a full and unconditional truce, Ukraine will do the same.
The comments came after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a surprise Easter truce set to last until midnight Sunday.
But just hours after the truce was set to come into effect, air raid sirens sounded in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and Ukraine's military says Russian attacks continued.
Volodomyr Zelenskyy, in a post on social media, made a proposal to extend a ceasefire beyond April 20 and says 30 days could give peace a chance.
Kyiv resident Natalia Yurchynko says she doesn't trust Mr Putin to keep to his word.
"I personally do not believe this because it is not the first time and rules were broken before. That is why I think it will not be the way he promised, there will be violations."
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To Golf now ...
Australia's Minjee Lee has rallied after a mid-round meltdown to stay in the mix for a drought-breaking LPGA Tour triumph at the L-A Championship.
Four back-nine birdies helped the two-time major champion to a third-round two-under-par 70 to leave her three strokes behind the tournament's leading trio.
Lee is at 14 under alongside lurking world Number 1 Nelly Korda and is well within striking distance of Japan's Akie Iwai, in-form American Lauren Coughlin and rising Swede Ingrid Lindblad.
After notching two top-10s and a tie for 11th in her first three starts this year, Lee is chasing a first win since October of 2023.
