Climate and taxes dominate as Australia votes
May 17, 2019 |
Summary
- A record 16.4 million Australians are registered to vote in the national elections
- They’re choosing all the seats in the lower house and about half of senate seats
- The Liberal-National coalition is fighting to stay in power under nine-month PM Scott Morrison
- They’re facing strong competition from Bill Shorten’s Labor party with minor parties also doing well in some regions
- Polls opened at 0800 Canberra time (2200 GMT Friday) but more than four million Australians have voted in ‘pre-polling’
- BBC Online is bringing live coverage and analysis of events from reporters around Australia
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