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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Rafqa Touma

Anywhere but Canberra: meet some of the voters who will decide Australia’s 2025 federal election

Top row (left to right): Amelia Makin, Ann-Marie Thomas, Chantelle Campbell and Federico Canas Velasco. Middle row (left to right): Holli Brunckhorst, John Sparrow, Ed Bryant and Todd Boorer. Bottom row (left to right): Brent Daylight, Lilly Wright, Ali El Kheir and Irfan Syed.
Across the country, cost-of-living pressures were mentioned by every voter Guardian Australia spoke to. Top row (left to right): Amelia Makin, Ann-Marie Thomas, Chantelle Campbell and Federico Canas Velasco. Middle row (left to right): Holli Brunckhorst, John Sparrow, Ed Bryant and Todd Boorer. Bottom row (left to right): Brent Daylight, Lilly Wright, Ali El Kheir and Irfan Syed. Composite: Guardian design

Over the past three months, Guardian Australia has been speaking to ordinary people about their everyday lives – their families, work, hobbies, stressors and hopes.

These interviews have formed our Anywhere But Canberra series – a portrait of what different people across the country are dealing with in the lead up to the federal election. We wanted to see how people’s lives and perspectives shaped their votes.

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