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  In their efforts to sway voters this election campaign, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have spent more than a month on the road, crisscrossing the country and visiting dozens of crucial seats.

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  Dutton has repeatedly pointed towards internal polls that suggest the key marginal seats that will decide the election remain very much within reach.

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• Millions of Australians head to the polls

  In a race dominated by cost-of-living concerns, voters are set to determine Australia's federal government for the next three years.

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• Where Albanese and Dutton have been on the campaign trail

  With the federal election campaign coming to an end, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have crisscrossed the country in an attempt to woo voters and secure the 76 seats they need to form government for the next three years.

• Albanese and Dutton make their final 1-minute pitches to voters

  As Australians prepare to vote to decide the next leader, the two men vying for the job have made their final pitches to voters.

• Prince Harry loses appeal to restore government-funded security detail

  Prince Harry lost his appeal on Friday challenging the UK government's decision to strip him of his publicly funded security after he stepped away from royal family duties and moved to the US.

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• Whoever leads Australia, readers say no solution to housing crisis

  Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese will face-off for the keys to the Lodge in tomorrow's federal election, but voters are not confident either party leader will be able to rein-in out-of-control housing prices.

• Election day arrives as leaders end campaign in multi-state blitz

  The fate of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton now lies in the hands of millions of Aussies casting their votes today.

• Election day weather to bring plunging temperatures for voters in one state

  A capital city has been basking in fine weather all week, but that will come to sudden halt when voting stations open tomorrow.

• US Army plans for parade with 6600 soldiers coincide with Trump's birthday

  Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump's birthday in June call for more than 6600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned.

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