Australia election

Australians cast ballots in vote to pick new prime minister

Labor has a lead in opinion polls, but the conservative coalition is closing gap

20220521 voters in Sydney

Voters cast their ballots on the morning of the federal election at a Bondi Beach polling station in Sydney on Saturday. © Reuters

RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writer
May 21, 2022 07:51 JST

SYDNEY -- Australian voters are casting ballots in a federal election on Saturday to pick their next government, with polls indicating a tight race between Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conservative coalition and Anthony Albanese's Labor Party.

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An Ipsos poll, published in The Australian Financial Review on Thursday, shows that Labor's primary vote has fallen to 36%, while the Morrison government is up three points to 35%.

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