SYDNEY - Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese remains the favourite to defeat Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a federal election on Saturday , despite last-minuteOn the last day of the six-week campaign, Mr Albanese attacked the ruling Liberal-National coalition for failing to address rising cost-of-living pressures. He pointed to new figures released this week that showed average wages increased by just 2.4 per cent in the past year, even as annual inflation reached 5.
Mr Albanese is seeking to end nine years of the coalition rule and become the first Labor leader to win since Mr Kevin Rudd in 2007.from the coalition's approaches to taxation and national security. But he has pledged stronger action on climate change, support for wage increases, and higher spending on education, childcare and aged care.Labor has been safely ahead in the opinion polls for months, but final surveys showed that its lead was reducing, though not enough for the coalition to win.
Australians have consistently indicated they support a change of government, despite the country's success in weathering the pandemic and the strong state of its economy. Official data this week showed the unemployment rate was 3.9 per cent, the lowest level in 48 years.over concerns about his handling of devastating bushfires and floods, his initial reluctance to quickly roll out vaccines, and his refusal to adopt ambitious climate targets.
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