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\n4:42\u00a0 Both parties to provide bank guarantees for first home buyers
\nOh FFS. More money for baby boomers and Millennials get screwed again. Locking millennials into impossible loans is not the way to go.
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\n11:39\u00a0 Senate Ballot Paper
\nIt’s hard to find 6 worthy parties.
\nThere are a lot of right-wing nut bags on the ballot paper.
\nHere is another guide from The Guardian.
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\n15:50 Egg Girl
\n16:30 The Australian Christian Alliance
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\nA conservative Christian lobby group is campaigning with Muslims in Labor-held seats to “stop the godless from making sweeping changes” to religious freedoms.
\nThe Australian Christian Alliance has held two NSW rallies in federal Labor seats in the past month, joined by hundreds of Muslim supporters. It plans to hold another rally in the seat of Fowler before the May 18 election.
\nThe alliance’s founder, Vic Meli, said the group’s members were all Christian but they “worked with and welcomed Muslims and Buddhists and anyone with a common adversity”.
\n“We are determined to stop senior people in Labor who are godless from making sweeping changes to our rights,” said Mr Meli, whose group was formed during the same sex plebiscite. “You could say we have joined forces and are working with all faiths.”
\nThe group is targeting\u00a0Labor seats that had a high no vote in the same-sex marriage survey.
\nThe group’s first rally was held in the western Sydney seat of McMahon, held by shadow treasurer Chris Bowen. McMahon had Australia’s third highest no vote at 64.9 per cent.
\nOn Saturday, the group targeted Chifley, held by Ed Husic, where 58.7 per cent of people voted no.
\nMr Meli said the wishes of the majority of voters had been ignored by the MPs. Protesters held signs saying “hands off our religious freedom” as well as “hands off our mosques”.
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\nThe alliance, founded in November 2017 in the wake of the same-sex marriage vote, has nine “core” members, as well as another 20 who meet regularly to discuss their agenda.
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\nMr Meli said the group was growing and its members did not intend to “disappear” after the election.
\n17:30 The ACL
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\nThe Australian Christian Lobby is gearing up to bolster its influence on Australian politics, using the election to road test new campaign tactics targeting gender fluidity, abortion and Safe Schools.
\nA push in the final week of the campaign, beginning with a \u201csuper Saturday\u201d of door-knocking in key seats this weekend, will see the ACL deploy resources to help conservative MPs who support its agenda.
\nThe ACL has selected one key seat in each state, including the marginal seats of Boothby in South Australia, Bass in Tasmania, Petrie in Queensland,","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}