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One last word on today's preference announcements — Clive Palmer's latest political venture, Trumpet of Patriots (currently being bombastically launched on the Sunshine Coast), has potentially dealt a blow to the Coalition by preferencing incumbent MPs last in the majority of seats (the same strategy Palmer's United Australia Party employed in 2022).

While Labor has more incumbents than the Coalition, the Coalition is losing primary votes to right-of-centre minor parties like Trumpet of Patriots, and those voters would be expected to favour the Coalition over Labor.

Palmer has also chosen to preference a number of teal independents who are in tight contests with the Coalition, including Caz Heise in Cowper and Nicolette Boele in Bradfield.

Remember, though, with all this talk of preferences today — any preference recommendations from parties or candidates are just that — recommendations. How you choose to fill out your ballot is entirely up to you.

With contributions from the ABC's Parliament House bureau.

In the NSW Central West seat of Calare, preference flows could play a big role in determining the winner of what's looking like a three-cornered contest between the Nationals and two independents.

The sitting member, independent MP Andrew Gee, was a member of the Nationals up until December 2022, when he resigned from the party over its opposition to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

He's running for re-election, but the Nationals' Sam Farraway, a former Perrottet government minister, is making a strong bid to bring the seat back into the Coalition fold.

Teal independent Kate Hook is also in the running, having garnered more than 20 per cent of the vote in 2022, when Gee was running as a Nationals MP.

Labor has allocated preferences to Gee and then Hook, before the Greens at four and Farraway at six.

The Nationals, on the other hand, are preferencing Hook over Gee.

With contributions from the ABC's Parliament House bureau.

At a glance, it looks like the Liberals are preferencing Australian Christians, One Nation or Family First second in the lower house, depending on the state.

Labor is mostly preferencing the Greens or Legalise Cannabis second, with a few notable exceptions.

Firstly, as expected, Labor isn't allocating preferences in Macnamara, where the Greens stand a chance of unseating Labor MP Josh Burns.

If Burns slips to third in the primary vote and more Labor voters choose the Liberals over the Greens with their second pick, it could see the inner-city Melbourne electorate fall into conservative hands for the first time since 1906.

Labor is also directing second preferences to sitting teal independent MP Kate Chaney, who's locked in a tight contest with the Liberals' Tom White in Curtin, as well as to teal candidate Caz Heise, who's having a second crack at unseating the Nationals' Pat Conaghan in Cowper.

(Alex Dyson, who's challenging Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan in Wannon, is slipped in at number 4, after the Greens and Legalise Cannabis.)

With contributions from the ABC's Parliament House bureau.

I mentioned earlier that the Greens have announced they'll be preferencing Labor over the Coalition in every seat — not a huge surprise, given one of the slogans they've adopted this campaign is "Keep Dutton out".

We've also seen preference recommendations come through from several other parties today, including both major parties.

To view Labor's lower-house preferences, click here. You'll then have to click on the seat or candidate name, then on the red "How to vote for …" button at the top of the candidate's profile page (keeping in mind this takes you to an external site, with very little Labor branding).

To view the Liberal Party's lower-house preferences, click here. You can then click on the candidate name for the seat you're interested in, and the suggested preferences are listed on the candidate's profile page.

The atmosphere — and the crowd — at the official campaign launch for Clive Palmer's Trumpet of Patriots party has been steadily growing more jubilant throughout the afternoon.

 Palmer has officially launched the party's election campaign on Queensland's Sunshine Coast ahead of the May poll.

He spoke to the crowd of several hundred supporters at his golf resort, where he was greeted with cheers, applause, wolf whistles and a standing ovation.

Yesterday, Palmer announced the party would place incumbent Labor and Liberal members last in their seats in its how-to-vote cards.

"It's time for a new agenda for Canberra," he told the crowd today.

In his speech, he accused the major parties of Labor and the Coalition of being too similar, and of forming a "uniparty" which has created a "blueprint for disaster".

He also drew laughs from those gathered by describing Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton as "Dumb and Dumber" and "Tweedledum and Tweedledee".

Mr Palmer described the offerings from the major parties as having made this election "the most boring in history".

"Without the Trumpet of Patriots, this election would be a farce," he said.

"We'll be challenging Anthony Albanese … and Peter Dutton for a better country."

In his speech, he called for a ban on lock downs, an increase in Australian exports and cuts to migration.

The election date is fast-approaching and there are still many Australians voters who are undecided.

If you want to see how you align with the political parties vying for your vote you can use the ABC's Vote Compass tool.

United States political commentator Tucker Carlson delivered a 45 minute-long video address to those gathered, where he spoke on a variety of topics including Australia's energy and immigration policy.

 Carlson said Australia was accepting too many migrants and was at risk of being "taken over". 

In his speech, he also railed against the practice of delivering an Acknowledgement or Welcome to Country, as well as what he described as the "trans agenda" and the "greens agenda".

Carlson drew some laughter from the crowd by repeatedly insulting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

The crowd applauded when Carlson said the solution was to find leaders who would act in the best interest of, and on behalf of, the country.  

He said Donald Trump was an example of that.

Wearing yellow caps emblazoned with 'Make Australia Great', candidates and party members have gathered at the official launch of Clive Palmer's Trumpet of Patriots party at the billionaire's golf resort on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

There was no denying where you were, with the walls and empty seats also plastered with bright yellow 'Vote 1: Trumpet of Patriots' signs, and the atmosphere was fairly jovial as the crowd heard first from US political commentator Tucker Carlson via a feed.

Carlson told the crowd he loved Australia for its "truly decent" people, who were sometimes "rough on the outside".

He said he also loved Australia's "egalitarian" spirit, which Carlson said was disappearing in the United States, and was also at risk in Australia.

A crowd of around 600 had been expected, although when the event began at 2pm, actual crowd numbers were much smaller — around 150 people.

Palmer will speak next before the party's federal leader Suellen Wrightson.

The video message played earlier to the crowd from Wrightson highlighted some of the party's key policies, including slashing migration, building high speed rail, capping interest rates at 3 per cent and allowing people to access their superannuation for a home deposit.

Victorian United Australia Party Senator Ralph Babet is MC'ing the event.

Long-serving Kennedy MP Bob Katter released this heartwarming Easter message on his Facebook page last night — and it's quite something.

I'd normally summarise this a bit, but it's hard to know where to begin. I'll just point out that Coles and Woolworths have been favourite targets of his for a while now.

You can watch it for yourself below.