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Anthony Albanese’s call for a May 3 poll will sit outside the window for a possible Reserve Bank interest rate cut. While the direction of rates is moving down, will voters be forgiving about the 12 rate hikes since Albanese took charge?

Meanwhile, stark differences emerging between the major parties on investment choices, from pensions to superannuation, mean there's quite a bit in this election for investors. Read the investor's guide to the election.

And learn how business executive Michelle Japp's world was unravelled during a pregnancy check-up so routine she went dressed for work, and how she came through the other side of unimaginable loss.