Overview

• One Nation and the Liberal National Coalition have exchanged second-preference recommendations in a landmark shift, ending three decades of political estrangement.
• One Nation reprinted its how-to-vote cards to place Coalition candidates second, with the Coalition reciprocating in 139 of 147 contested seats, including Peter Dutton's marginal seat of Dickson.
• More than 542,000 Australians participated in early voting on the first day, marking a 70% increase compared to the 2022 election, according to the Australian Electoral Commission.
• Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots contrasts sharply with One Nation’s approach, advising voters to place all incumbents last on their ballots to disrupt the two-party system.
• Labor and the Greens have finalized a mutual preference arrangement to target Coalition-held seats, though tensions remain over Labor's lack of direction in the key seat of Macnamara.