Australia election 2025 live: Labor plan to cut home battery costs; Dutton says he will cut 80,000 international students

Follow today’s news livePolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton has come out swinging against the government’s battery announcement.Speaking in Melbourne, the opposition leader says that the announcement from the prime minister that his government will make batteries for rooftop solar cheaper for households and small businesses was “an admission that he’s going to have to compensate people with batteries because his power prices will go up in the next term of government.”“Do you know that since he’s been elected, he will not mention that figure... But it’s not just your household power bill that’s gone up. It’s also the local IGA store, and it’s the local butcher, and it’s the local corner store. That’s why grocery prices have gone up by 30% and it’s just having an inflationary impact across the community.”Labor’s number one priority is delivering cost of living relief. That’s why we want to make sure Australians have access to cheaper, cleaner energy.This is good for power bills and good for the environment. Only Labor has a plan to build Australia’s future. Continue reading...