Australia’s Government Slips in Polls as Early Voting Opens

  • Opposition Labor party widens lead over incumbent coalition
  • Early voting starts Monday ahead of the May 21 election

Anthony Albanese, left, and Scott Morrison debate on live television, in Sydney, on May 8.

Photographer: Alex Ellinghausen/Pool/Getty Images
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Australia’s center-right Liberal National coalition government has slipped further behind the opposition Labor party in opinion polling, as campaigning ramps up with less than two weeks left before the national election.