SQUARING off face-to-face for the first time since the federal election began, Scott Morrison will pitch stability and prosperity against Anthony Albanese’s message of integrity and care in a crucial test for both leaders.

PREMIER Dominic Perrottet has thrown his weight behind women and girls fighting for transgender athletes to be ­excluded from women’s sport, declaring it a “matter of fairness and physiology”.

THE pet sausage dog of a Wests ­Tigers board member is at the heart of a messy apprehended violence order taken out after an Easter ­Monday incident.

CLOSE contact rules forcing people who live in the same house as positive Covid cases are set to be scrapped as early as this week. 

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