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THE leaders of Australia's two major political parties began negotiating power deals with independent lawmakers 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 Labour Party after a single three-year term.See the full content of this document
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Australian Leaders Start to Hammer Out Deals
Labour haemorrhaged votes to the environment-focused Greens party as the government was punished for shelving plans to charge ma...
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