Economic Fears Drove Australia’s Surprise Election Result - News Summed Up

Economic Fears Drove Australia’s Surprise Election Result


SYDNEY—Australia’s conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison scored a surprise come-from-behind win at national elections Saturday, in a divisive campaign that exploited fears radical economic and climate policies pledged by center-left opponents would end the world’s longest growth streak. Mr. Morrison, who once carried a lump of coal into Parliament to illustrate the importance of commodity exports to the resource-rich economy, sealed victory in battleground states where many voters worried his Labor rivals would drive...


Source: Wall Street Journal May 19, 2019 09:00 UTC



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