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The 2019 federal election offerings

Compare the pair: key policy offerings from Labor and the Coalition in the 2019 federal election

Andrew Donegan, The Conversation and Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation

With the election less than a week away, here is a quick guide to the major policy announcements and promises from the two major parties.





Andrew Donegan, Data + Interactives Editorial Intern, The Conversation, The Conversation and Emil Jeyaratnam, Data + Interactives Editor, The Conversation

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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