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The Labor leader won overwhelming support from voters based in seven marginal seats across the country, in a debate dominated by kitchen table economics.
The federal election may hinge on a new crossbench of professional women in wealthy inner-city seats and a rural revolt against the Nationals It will top 35 degrees today in the northern Victorian town of Stanhope, population around 800 and shrinking fast.