Good morning. Sweden and Finland will formally submit simultaneous requests to join Nato today, though Turkey maintains it will not support the applications.
As the election campaign enters its final days, Labor maintains an advantage over the Coalition but the contest has tightened in Scott Morrison’s favour, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. Labor has a two-point lead in the poll’s two-party preferred “plus” measure with the opposition on 48% and the Coalition on 46%. Seven per cent of respondents are undecided. A fortnight ago, Labor was ahead of the Coalition 49% to 45% with 6% undecided. So what is likely to sway voters? Surveys consistently show that aged care, climate change and education are among voters’ top concerns, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it by watching politicians’ press conferences or reading some media coverage. We also take a close look at the Victorian seat of Corangamite, lost to Labor in the last election, and the Coalition is pulling out all stops to get it back.
