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While voters are most focused on cost-of-living issues, the opposition Labor Party has made the election a referendum on the conduct of Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The federal treasurer was once billed as the future of the Liberal Party and a potential candidate for prime minister.
The opposition has stressed personality over policy to leave itself less open to criticism from the governing coalition.