The soft, undecided and swinging voters are at an all-time high in Australia, while support for the centre-left Labor and conservative-leaning Coalition is low
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More than 18 million Australians will head to the polls this Saturday to choose between the incumbent centre-left Labor party and its conservative-leaning Liberal/National Coalition challenger.
But about one in three voters will brush off the major contenders – led by the current prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton – in favour of someone else altogether, in an election marked by a cost of living crisis and the spectre of Donald Trump.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/02/australia-heads-polls-big-parties-brace-rise-independents
Author : Tory Shepherd
Publish date : 2025-05-02 04:00:00
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