MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Vote counting has begun in Australia’s general election after polling stations closed in Australia’s populous eastern states.
The last stations will close two hours later on the west coast, but counting starts immediately after voting ends.
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 and Dutton to his hometown of Brisbane to vote.
Albanese was accompanies by his fiancée, Jodie Haydon, and his adult son Nathan as he was welcomed by supporters at the polling station in his electoral division.
Dutton arrived with his wife, Kirilly Dutton, and his
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