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Liberal frontbencher Jane Hume can't say if voters are worried about trans athletes in sport as the government closes ranks around its controversial candidate in the Sydney seat of Warringah.

Senator Hume told Sky that Labor was the only one raising the issue by attacking the candidate Katherine Deves, who has a long and recent history of transphobic comments.

The senator said sex discrimination legislation was clear on the issue, which doesn't bar sporting codes from creating women's only leagues, and the government had no plans to change those laws.

"Labor keep raising it over and over again because they're trying to disparage the candidate for Warringah," Senator Hume told Sky.

Labor's Clare O'Neil said she didn't know why the Liberals were talking about it then.

"I'm trying to understand why you think this is something that needs to be prioritised," Ms O'Neil said.

Major sporting codes have not raised concerns about trans women playing in women's leagues but the issue has come to the fore since the candidacy of Ms Deves.

She has called trans children "mutilated", compared her campaign on trans women in sport to opposing the Holocaust, and linked cross-dressing and gender transitioning to serial killing and sex offending.

Several Liberals, including NSW Treasurer Matt Kean, have called for Ms Deves to be dumped, as the candidate avoids public appearances after her comments surfaced.

Meanwhile, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says cost of living pressures are challenging many Australians as his government and Labor battle it out over their economic plans.

The federal treasurer wouldn't say if Australians were better off after three years of the Morrison government but pointed to low unemployment, higher economic growth and hopes of real wages growth in the future.

"No one would say it's easy now, what I'm saying is right now, it's challenging for many Australians," he told Nine on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Mr Frydenberg waved off concerns about the ballot order in his seat of Kooyong, with the treasurer seventh on the 11-candidate ballot while his high-profile independent opponent Monique Ryan took pole position.

"There's the luck of the draw when it comes to the ballot, you just accept it and you move on," Mr Frydenberg told ABC News.

Both parties have offered more cash splashes to woo voters, with the coalition pledging $20 million for more camping and fishing facilities while Labor wants to put $15 million in opening more language courses at weekend schools.

Elsewhere, Anthony Albanese is confident he will hit the ground running when he emerges from COVID-19 isolation next week, just in time for Labor's campaign launch.

The opposition's campaign has been dealt a major blow after Mr Albanese tested positive for the virus, with Labor frontbenchers stepping in for the next few days.

Instead deputy leader Richard Marles is touring Brisbane with local candidates and Labor frontbenchers.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will spend day 13 of the campaign in marginal seats on the NSW Central Coast, beginning on Saturday with a tour of the town of Terrigal.

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Indonesia's plan to ban palm oil exports will deal a blow to the world's top food and consumer products companies including Unilever, Procter & Gamble and Nestle.

Indonesia counts for more than half of the global supply of the edible oil, which is used in everything from cakes, chocolate, margarine and frying fats to cosmetics, soap, shampoo and cleaning products.

It is also key to Ferrero Rocher chocolates and Nutella spread, giving them a smooth texture and longer shelf life.

Here is a summary of how much palm oil companies use, based on the most up-to-date data available:

UNILEVER

Unilever said in 2016 that it used about one million tonnes of crude palm oil and its derivatives and about 0.5 million tonnes of crude palm kernel oil and its derivatives.

It said it was the largest user of physically certified palm oil in the consumer goods industry.

The company declined to give more up-to-date data.

NESTLE

In 2020, the maker of KitKat chocolate bars bought about 453,000 tonnes of palm oil and palm kernel oil, mostly from Indonesia and Malaysia, its website says.

It uses about 88 suppliers from more than 1600 mills in 21 countries. It also buys from Latin America, Africa and other parts of Asia.

PROCTOR & GAMBLE

The company used about 605,000 tonnes of palm oil and palm kernel oil, and their derivatives, in its 2020-2021 fiscal year, a company document showed. It is used in its fabric and home care categories and beauty products.

Its purchases account for about 0.8 per cent of global palm oil production and it sells palm oil byproduct it cannot use. About 70 per cent of its palm oil is sourced from refineries in Malaysia and Indonesia.

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL

The Oreo cookie maker said that it purchases "large quantities" of palm oil in a securities filing.

It accounts for 0.5 per cent of palm oil consumption globally, according to its website.

DANONE:

Danone said it purchased a total of 71,000 tonnes of palm oil in 2018.

FERRERO:

The Italian maker of Nutella sourced 85 per cent of its palm oil supplies from Malaysia and only 9 per cent from Indonesia in the first half of 2021, according to its website.

L'OREAL:

L'Oreal said in 2021 that it purchased less than 310 tonnes of palm oil and also used, from its suppliers, ingredients including palm derivatives in a quantity equivalent of 71,000 tonnes.

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Australian basketball superstar Patty Mills has been honoured with one of the NBA's most coveted trophies, as winner of its 2021-22 Sportsmanship Award.

The Brooklyn Nets guard has been given the NBA's Joe Dumars Trophy, the trophy which salutes the player who is voted by his colleagues as best representing the ideals of sportsmanship on the court.

The 33-year-old Boomers star earned 58 first-place votes and 1,975 total points in the balloting of his fellow players, the NBA announced on Friday.

After he'd been short-listed for the award, his Nets' teammate Kevin Durant had summed up the widespread feelings about Mills when he said: "Patty puts in the work every day to be the player he is and he respects his opponents too. That is the sign of a true sportsman."

Denver's Jeff Green (60 first-place votes, 1,841 points) was the runner-up in the voting, while Miami's Bam Adebayo (38 and 1,776) finished third.

Mills won from a select 30-man shortlist - one from each NBA team, selected by a panel of league executives - but it was the players themselves who got to decide the winner through confidential balloting.

The 13-year NBA veteran will be also be presented with a special edition 75th Anniversary commemorative trophy today in celebration of the honour.

In the 2021-22 regular season, Mills averaged 11.4 points and 2.3 assists in 29.0 minutes in 81 games with the Nets, who signed him as a free agent in August 2021.

The former championship winner with San Antonio was ranked 11th in the league in three-pointers made (227) and 25th in three-point field goal percentage (40.0) - and he wasn't assessed a technical foul all season.

Indeed, he's only been assessed two technical fouls in 820 career regular-season games, with no technical fouls in 11 of his 13 seasons.

The trophy is named after Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Joe Dumars, a six-time NBA All-Star and two-time NBA champion. Dumars played 14 NBA seasons and won the inaugural Sportsmanship Award in the 1995-96 season.

The award marks yet another accolade for Mills after a remarkable 2021 ended with him winning the Don Award to honour the Australian athlete who'd most inspired the nation during the year.

It followed his heroics in helping the Boomers win their first Olympic basketball medal in Tokyo, while he also became the first Indigenous Australian to carry the flag into a Games opening ceremony.

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Anthony Albanese is confident he'll hit the ground running when he emerges from isolation next week, just in time for Labor's campaign launch.

The opposition's campaign has been dealt a major blow after Mr Albanese tested positive for COVID-19, with Labor frontbenchers stepping in for the next few days.

Labor is expected to be campaigning in NSW on Saturday during the second day of the opposition leader's isolation period.

Mr Albanese said the timing of the positive test was unfortunate, but he was ready to get back on the campaign trail as soon as possible.

"We were getting momentum, but I'll be back for the second half," he said.

"This is a long campaign, and if I was going to get COVID, it is better to have got it now than in the last three weeks of the campaign."

Mr Albanese will spend time in isolation at his home in Sydney, before Labor's campaign launch in Perth on May 1.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will spend day 13 of the election campaign in marginal seats on the NSW Central Coast.

Mr Morrison spent much of Friday defending the government's response to the Solomon Islands signing a security pact with China.

The prime minister reiterated that Australia would not "throw its weight around" and tell other countries what to do.

"These are not simple issues. I mean, if it was just as easy as picking up the phone or sending a foreign minister, then these issues wouldn't occur (but) it's not that easy," he said.

However, Mr Albanese said he would look to strengthen relationships with neighbouring Pacific nations, should Labor win office at the election.

The Australian Electoral Commission has finalised the ballot draw for all 151 lower house seats and eight Senate races ahead of the May 21 poll.

However, the commission referred former WA senator Rod Culleton to federal police for potentially making a false declaration on his nomination form.

Mr Culleton, who intends to represent the Great Australia Party, declared in his nomination he was not an undischarged bankrupt or insolvent.

The commission said it noted Mr Culleton was listed as an undischarged bankrupt on the National Personal Insolvency Index.

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