Polling closed on Saturday in an Australian by-election being seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Scott Morrison's handling of bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic, with a tight contest expected.
FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a joint press conference held with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/
The result in the bushfire-hit electorate of Eden-Monaro will not affect the balance of power in Australia’s parliament, but it may be a barometer of opinion on Morrison, whose popularity fell over his handling of the devastating fires but seems to have improved with his response to the new coronavirus.
Kristy McBain of the centre-left Labor Party and Fiona Kotvojs of Morrison’s conservative party are vying for the seat of an opposition lawmaker who retired due to ill-health.
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