Leaders Begin to Bargain in Race to Australian Coalition

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The leaders of Australia's two major political parties began negotiating power deals with independent lawmakers yesterday after the nation's closest election in decades failed to deliver a clear mandate to govern.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who remains caretaker leader, said it was clear no party had won a majority of parliamentary seats in yesterday's poll that delivered an extraordinary voter backlash against her centre-left Labor Party after a three-year term.

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Leaders Begin to Bargain in Race to Australian Coalition

Labor haemorrhaged votes to the Greens party as the government was punished for shelving plans t...

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