June 8, 2025
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Polls close in Australian vote focused on high prices and shortage of housing | World News

MELBOURNE: Vote counting has begun in Australia’s general election after polling stations closed across the country. Counting is well underway in the east, where polls closed two hours earlier. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his rival Peter Dutton began campaigning on Saturday in the electorally crucial city of Melbourne. Albanese later returned home to Sydney […]