Labor leads all but one Australian state — but that doesn't necessarily make life easier for leaders

The Australian mainland, with its five states and two territories, is now "red". Only Tasmania remains "blue", looking like an antipodean Taiwan, with the sole surviving Liberal government in the country, writes Frank Bongiorno. 

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