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More than 10,000 civilians feared dead in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, with the death toll expected to rise; the Prime Minister continues to deflect questions about taxpayer funded compensation to a former staffer as day two of the election kicks off; and jail for the protester who ran out into the middle of a rugby league match with a flare.

Federal Opposition leader Anthony Albanese admits to economic figures mistake; concerns over low voter enrolment in remote Indigenous communities; and in sport, West Coast star ruckman Nic Naitanui sidelined for several weeks with a knee injury.

Major party leaders asked about the national unemployment rate on the first official day of the election campaign; Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Russian troops are ramping up military aggression in eastern Ukraine; and in sport, British police to establish if Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo committed an offence by knocking a mobile phone out of a supporter's hand.

Scott Morrison refuses to rule out disgraced minister Alan Tudge from a future Cabinet post if the Coalition is re-elected, Pakistan to elect an interim prime minister following the ousting of Imran Khan and Monaco's Charles Leclerc has won the Australian Grand Prix.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison pitches to voters ahead of May 21st election, Ukraine officially bans all imports from Russia, Australia Cameron Smith trailing world number one ahead of Monday's final round.

In this bulletin, Prime Minister Scott Morrison takes to social media in a pre-election pitch video, Australia's vaccine advisory group announces COVID-19 boosters are not required for 12 to 15 year olds, and in sport, Victory beat City in Melbourne Derby.

Labor criticises the Prime Minister for delaying the announcement of the federal election date., Over 400 Defence Force members and civilians honoured for their role in the 2021 Afghanistan evacuation efforts.

In this bulletin, the White House says a deadly missile strike on a Ukrainian train station could be a war crime, a police officer killed in a car crash on the New South Wales - Victorian border, and in the A-F-L, Geelong extends its 19 year-long home winning streak against Brisbane.

In this bulletin, the death toll from a missile strike on a train station in Ukraine rises to 50, COVID boosters for teenagers one step closer, and in racing, Chaz Mostert notches up his second victory of the Supercars season.

Recommendations for a Royal Commission into Australia's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic; thousands of holiday plans thrown into disarray following major delays at Sydney Airport; and in sport, Australian golf star Cameron Smith says he's playing some of the best golf of his life at the Augusta Masters.