Polls released late on Friday showed a two-party-preferred vote of 53-47 in favour of Labor. Follow live updates from today’s election before the vote count starts at 6pm AEST and the results come in.
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You may have missed the result of two polls released late yesterday that pointed to a Labor win.
Polls from Roy Morgan and The Australian’s Newspoll released late on Friday showed a two-party-preferred vote of 53-47 in favour of the opposition – enough of a swing toward Labor for it to claim victory.
