Polls open in Australia as voters decide country’s future
Australians start to vote in a national election on May 3, 2025 that polls show will likely favor Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over conservative challenger Peter Dutton, with voter appetite for change dampened by worries over Donald Trump's volatile diplomacy. Polling booths in Australia - among the few democracies with mandatory voting - opened at 8 a.m. (2200GMT). A record 8 million out of 18 million eligible voters had already cast ballots before Saturday. Both major parties have focused on cost-of-living pressures but opinion polls show that global uncertainty driven by Trump's stop-start tariffs rapidly became a top issue for voters during the campaign.
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