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Polls open in climate-dominated Australia election

2019-05-18 09:15:14       source:The Straits Times

May 18, 2019


SYDNEY (AFP) - Polls opened Saturday (May 18) in Australia’s nail-biter election, a race that may be the first anywhere decided on climate policy.


An estimated 17 million Australians go to the polls, capping a close-run election race.


Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conservative Liberals have closed the gap on Labor on the eve of the vote, but differences over climate may prove the difference between the two parties.


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