(2 May 2025)
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Paris – 2 May 2025
1. Wide of people walking near building with Australian election poster and Eiffel Tower in the background
2. Wide of Australian flag outside government building during voting
3. Mid of people entering Australian Embassy
4. Mid of 3 people conversing outside in public area
5. Close of Australian Embassy entrance as people enter
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mathilde Hanaut, voter:
"It went really well. It wasn’t my first time voting abroad. Last time I did the postal vote, but I think it’s nice to go vote in person, especially with like a complicated ballot because of all the options and everything. So no, it went really well. All we have to do is turn up with your passport and make sure you’re signed in now."
7. Mid of people entering Australian Embassy
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kathrina Nicholas, voter:
"It is, it’s still very important for me to to be involved in the affairs of Australia. I have children and we hope to move back to Australia one day and the decisions that are made now will affect the future, so I think it’s really important to to still keep up to date. I do that through watching the news, different podcasts, reading a lot of articles as well, just so I can keep up to date with what’s happening and people’s thoughts and opinions on things, so yeah."
9. Wide of woman walking with child near voting location
10. Mid of people walking past government building
11. Wide of people entering voting center
STORYLINE:
Australians living in Paris headed to the polls to cast their vote from abroad for Australia’s general elections, where the center-left Labor Party government is seeking a second three-year term.
More than 18 million Australians will head to the polls this Saturday to choose between the incumbent centre-left Labor party and its conservative-leaning Liberal/National Coalition challenger.
But about one in three voters will brush off the major contenders – led by the current prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton – in favour of someone else altogether, in an election marked by a cost of living crisis and President Donald Trump’s trade wars.
The final Guardian Essential poll has 32% of voters giving their first preference to Labor, with 34% to the Coalition.
But once preferences are distributed, that would put Labor ahead of the Coalition on 52.1% to 47.9%.
Depending on where the swings are, that is likely to put Labor in minority government but potentially in majority government, a position consistent with other published polls tracked throughout the campaign.
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