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The battle for one of Australia’s most disadvantaged electorates

Michael Read
Michael ReadEconomics correspondent

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The fight to form government has taken both major parties to the Northern Territory, where they are battling to win over voters in an electorate that looks very different to other battleground seats.

Both parties were in the NT on Sunday and Anzac Day, making a play for the outback seat of Lingiari, which covers the whole of the territory except for Darwin and surrounds, and has major population centres in Alice Springs and Katherine.

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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com

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