Some of the most high-profile federal election advertising has not come from any major party but from conservative activist group Advance Australia.
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Canberra Times reporter Sarah Basford Canales investigated the people pulling the strings behind billboards smearing independent candidates David Pocock and Zali Steggall as "extreme" greenies.
It also rolled out billboards depicting Chinese leader Xi Jinping casting a vote for the Labor Party.
Key figures in the lobby group have connections to Canberra Liberal Senator Zed Seselja, who is facing competition for his own seat from ex-rugby player Pocock.
The Prime Minister took his campaign to northern Tasmania today, but it was Australia's relationship with Solomon Islands that was back in focus.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare criticised the secrecy surrounding the AUKUS agreement, saying he was alerted to the deal through the media.
Scott Morrison said in his Tassie press conference that "other influences" had come into play in Mr Sogavare's perspective - specifically Chinese influences.
"There's a remarkable similarity between those statements and those of the Chinese government," the PM said, while assuring media the Solomons' leader didn't raise any concerns in a phone call after the AUKUS security pact was announced.
Staying in Tasmania, senator Jacqui Lambie rejected a claim from One Nation's Pauline Hanson that a preference deal was done with the Liberals.
"For all her talk about sticking up for freedom, Pauline's spat the dummy because she wants to control what the Liberal Party puts on its how-to-vote cards," Ms Lambie said.
Meanwhile, Labor leader Anthony Albanese was allowed out of isolation today. He briefly addressed media before hopping on a plane to Perth for the official campaign launch on Sunday.
Labor's Jim Chalmers denied long-serving frontbencher Tanya Plibersek had been benched while campaigning in the marginal Sydney seat of Reid.
While their leader is now free to campaign in person, more key Labor figures have been struck by the virus, including deputy leader Richard Marles and Canberra member Alicia Payne.
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It may not bring a huge amount of above-average rain over the cooler months but it is certainly unusual for the La Nina to stretch into a third year.
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