11/07/2016                        
                        
                    Turnbull Declares Victory Even as Australia Vote Outcome Unclear
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Coalition may clinch enough seats to form majority government
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Former banker lacks strong mandate for economic reforms
 
While annual growth has accelerated toward its 30-year average of 3.2 percent and unemployment has fallen to 5.7 percent, Australians don’t feel richer. The nation is the world’s most China-dependent developed economy and needs new growth drivers after prices for its iron ore and coal exports plunged.