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We'll be back early tomorrow morning to keep you across the day's events.

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There are 34 more days until election day. We'll see you tomorrow.

The opposition leader is continuing his tour of Western Sydney, arriving at the Al-Mariah Masjid mosque in Leppington, in the Labor-held seat of Macarthur.

He promises $25,000 to boost security at the mosque, in the form of a grant for CCTV cameras.

A West Australian teenager was earlier this month charged with making online threats against the Al-Bayt Al-Islami mosque in nearby Edmondson Park.

Australia's migration surge is receding faster than it grew, with the total number of temporary residents well on its way to pre-pandemic levels even as migration shapes as a prominent election issue.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has seized on the record levels of net migration over the last two years, accusing Labor of a "Big Australia policy" that has exacerbated the housing crisis.

"Labor's brought in a million people over two years through the migration program, which is a record for our country," Mr Dutton said on Friday.

"Now, all of those people need homes to live in, and that's why Australians have found it really hard to find a house, to either buy a house or rent a house, under Mr Albanese."

Economists including the Grattan Institute's Brendan Coates have supported the view that the increase in temporary migration added to existing pressure in the housing market, particularly the rental market.

But official figures show the numbers are now falling at a rate of 100,000 people per year since peaking at 536,000 in 2022-23. That rate is enough for a swift return to pre-pandemic levels.

You can read more via the link below.

The hits keep coming from ABC photographer Brendan Esposito at the Assyrian New Year Festival.

We've spoken a lot about price gouging in the blog today, but it's been tricky to nail down the details — mostly because the government's proposal doesn't contain too many of them.

Not content to let that stop him, political reporter Tom Crowley has taken a look at the broader issue of price gouging — what it is, what the current rules and regulations are, and what outlawing the practice might look like.

You can have a read of the piece below:

All roads to the Lodge run through Victoria.

The state, once dismissed as the Massachusetts of Australia due to its progressive proclivity, presents a path both Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton must tread very carefully.

Both sides know that Victoria is key. Pollsters agree.

So which seats are the ones to watch? You can learn more via the link below.

The PM's announcement of $2 million in aid for Myanmar after the earthquake comes after more than 70 Myanmarese diaspora groups in Australia last night signed an open letter calling on the government to play a leading role in providing support to the Myanmarese people.

The letter highlights that the epicentre of the earthquake was in a part of the country primarily under the control of anti-junta rebels, and that the Myanmar military has continued its operations — including air strikes — in affected areas even as the rescue effort continues.

"Over 3 million people in Myanmar are internally displaced, and half the population is living below the poverty line," the letter reads.

"This situation will be severely compounded by the earthquake.

"The international community has made efforts to provide aid to Myanmar since the coup, but these efforts have been insufficient to meet the scale of the crisis primarily because the military junta controls and obstructs the delivery of aid to areas where resistance groups are active; and international funding for Myanmar has been insufficient."

The federal government has released some more details on the $2 million in aid approved for Myanmar. 

Australia will provide the funds through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for immediate relief following Friday's earthquake. 

More than 1,644 people have been confirmed dead, according to state media. 

At least 3,400 people have been injured and 139 are missing. 

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong  and Pacific Minister Pat Conroy said in a joint statement that Australia's support would assist the ICRC in carrying out immediate lifesaving support. 

"Australia also welcomes the release of US$5 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support urgent needs such as shelter, food and water. Australia is a longstanding donor to the CERF," the statement reads.

"The ongoing crisis in Myanmar is a major threat to stability in our region. Australia continues to provide support in response to the worsening humanitarian situation.

"Australia does not provide any direct funding to the military regime and takes proactive steps to ensure our assistance does not legitimise the military regime in Myanmar."

Peter Dutton danced his way into the Assyrian New Year's festival we mentioned earlier — and he was greeted by a troupe of traditional performers.

Something that made the colourful entrance appear even more unusual? The fact the opposition leader was doing it alongside Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen, shortly after campaigning in the Labor frontbencher's seat of McMahon.

The pair are both attending the festival as guests of honour, along with independent MP Dai Le, who holds the seat of Fowler where the festival is taking place.

It's no surprise the Liberal leader took his campaign to Sydney's west so quickly — the Coalition believes it has a path to victory through the outer suburban electorates of Sydney.

Never one to shy away from a good pun, Greens leader Adam Bandt has declared that Labor's "gone shopping in the policy supermarket" and taken home the Greens' plan to make price gouging illegal.

The government has vowed to outlaw the practice if it's returned to power on May 3, saying it would establish a taskforce to crack down on supermarkets doing the wrong thing.

The consumer watchdog recently found Coles and Woolworths were among the most profitable supermarket chains in the world, but was unable to conclusively say whether the companies were actively price gouging.

Late last year, the Greens sought to introduce a bill to parliament to outlaw excessive price hikes, and declared it would be a priority for the party in the next parliament.

Speaking from the Labor-held seat of Macnamara in Victoria — a seat the Greens are targeting — Adam Bandt attributed the government's announcement to his party's pressure and persistence.

"Labor has picked up the Greens' policy to make supermarket price gouging illegal, and that's great news for Australian shoppers," Bandt said.

"Labor copying the Greens homework — you love to see it! Greens pressure works.

"The prime minister has gone shopping in the policy supermarket and picked up the Greens' plan to make supermarket price gouging illegal.

"That's a great deal for Australian shoppers, and while he's there he could also put in the trolley the Greens' plan to get dental into Medicare and to cap rent increases as well."