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Polling booths across the electorate of Reid in Sydney's inner-west were reportedly stripped of all signage promoting Labor candidate Sally Sitou and ...

Stream more election news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. The seat is currently held by Dr Martin at a margin of 3.2 per cent and is one of the few key seats in New South Wales being targeted by Labor in the Federal Election. Polling booths across the electorate of Reid in Sydney’s inner-west were reportedly stripped of all signage promoting Labor candidate Sally Sitou and replaced with Liberal election material. Labor polling booths across the key seat of Reid in Sydney’s inner-west were reportedly stripped of all signage promoting and replaced with Liberal Party election material. Labor polling booths reportedly vandalised by Liberal supporters across the seat of Reid in Sydney's inner west

The Federal Court has ordered that signs designed to look like Greens signage be removed from polling booths in Higgins.

But the Federal Court later found the signs were misleading or deceptive when placed next to AEC signs, as they were at some polling booths. The party filed an urgent injunction in the Federal Court demanding the AEC remove the signs. Clay Lucasis a senior reporter, and has worked at The Age since 2005, covering urban affairs, transport, state politics, workplace relations, aged care and the pandemic. It declined to comment following the Federal Court decision. Justice Mark Moshinsky gave Labor’s lawyers at Holding Redlich permission to remove the signs. Allen holds Higgins by just 2.6 per cent.

A fierce fight is under way for the electorates of Victoria on election day as Liberal candidates face off with high-profile independents.

Mr Bandt holds the inner-city Melbourne seat for the Greens with a comfortable margin of 22.6 per cent. Leader of the Greens Adam Bandt cast his vote alongside his family at Kensington Primary school in the seat of Melbourne on Saturday morning. “It’s really up to the leaders of both major parties to decide what they want to put on the table.”

Labor alleges the Liberal Party is behind "misleading" how-to-vote signs installed in the marginal Melbourne seat of Higgins.

"LIES BUSTED: the Libs are trying to put up fake signs in Higgins. Already reported to AEC & police," the Greens said in a post on Twitter, adding instructions on how to vote for the party and preference Labor over the Liberal Party. The party said they believe the Liberal Party is behind the posters "impersonating the Australian Greens, and asking Greens voters to put Labor last". The Australian Labor Party filed the urgent injunction application earlier on Saturday, alleging the signs were installed at polling booths in Higgins to confuse voters and mislead them into believing the signs were created by the Greens party.

From affluent inner-city seats to regional marginals, here are the seats most likely to change hands in today's Australian election.

It has only been held by the Coalition twice since being created in 1984 but battles are historically tight. Boothby is an outer metropolitan seat spanning Adelaide’s blue-ribbon southern suburbs. But this time, the sitting member is under pressure from independent Kate Chaney. It is a traditionally conservative seat, and three of Labor’s five wins have been since 2007. The Liberals are facing a strong contest from both Labor and the Greens. With the LNP MP retiring, One Nation and the United Australia party will have a strong influence this time around. Leichhardt covers the Cairns metropolitan area extending north along the Marlin Coast, including all the Torres Strait islands. However, the sitting MP is retiring and Kristina Keneally, who was parachuted in by the Labor head office, is facing a tightening contest from high-profile independent Dai Le. The sitting MP is up against high-profile Liberal candidate Andrew Constance, who gained popularity during the natural disaster. Wentworth is geographically the second-smallest electorate in the country, nestled into Sydney’s eastern suburbs. However, the sitting MP, Trent Zimmerman, is facing a strong campaign from teal independent Kylea Tink and Labor candidate Catherine Renshaw. It is currently held by the Liberals with a margin of 3.2%.

Signs for Labor's candidate Sally Sitou were allegedly torn down in the key inner Sydney electorate of Reid early on Saturday and replaced with Liberal ...

Dr Martin has since clarified she was referring to reports from 2018 that Ms Sitou was considered as a candidate for the NSW state seat of Cabramatta which is in the Fowler electorate. Dr Martin accused Ms Sitou of contesting the seat of Reid because she'd been 'kicked out' of Fowler by Kristina Keneally. Live on 2GB Dr Martin accused Ms Sitou of having previously sought preselection in the seat of Fowler. Earlier in the campaign Dr Martin was accused of a major gaffe by mistaking Ms Sitou for another Labor candidate of Asian origin in a fiery radio debate. Ms Sitou is in a bitter fight with the sitting member Dr Martin for Reid, which is considered a marginal seat and would go to Labor with a swing of 3.2 per cent. In a live channel Nine television segment, a woman in an 'I vote for trees' t-shirt was seen carrying a corflute with Anthony Albanese's image on it, and dropping it on the ground behind a building.