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Eugene

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Sun May 8, 2016, 01:25 AM May 2016

Australian Prime Minister Makes July 2 Election Official

Source: Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Makes July 2 Election Official

By ROD MCGUIRK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
CANBERRA, Australia — May 8, 2016, 12:46 AM ET

Australian prime minister says the governor-general has agreed to a July 2 election.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made the announcement after meeting with Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on Sunday.

The meeting makes official the July 2 election date that Turnbull had indicated last week.

Turnbull told reporters that an election win by the opposition would prevent the Australian economy from transitioning from a mining boom that that has passed to a more diversified economy.

It is the first early election in which all 76 Senate seats are up for grabs as well as the 150 House of Representatives seats since 1987.


http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/australia-expected-kick-off-month-election-campaign-38953017
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