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Breakfast Wrap: How a hostage envoy could help jailed Australians

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The Coalition has pledged to create a 'special envoy' for hostage affairs – who would advocate for Australians wrongly detained overseas on politically motivated grounds – should they win the election.

Professor Peter Greste, an award-winning correspondent whose 400-day incarceration in Egypt sparked a global campaign resulting in his release, says he welcomes the move.

Also, its the penultimate week of the election campaign, and we've seen a record number of Australians lodging an early vote, the IMF issue a downgrade of global economic forecasts and the Coalition roll out several key pledges.

This week's election campaign also included the third leaders' debate, the would-be Treasurers pitching directly to business and the health ministers going head-to-head at the National Press Club.

And on this ANZAC day we share details of a forensic investigation that has led to the discovery of the remains of four Australian soldiers on the First World War's Western Front.

They have been found together in an area of northern France near the site of the second battle of Bullecourt, which unfolded in 1917.

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