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The leaders of Australia's two largest political parties both remain confident that they will win the Federal Election as polls opened on Saturday.
Australia's New South Wales (NSW) Coalition government has said it would be quick to privatize the state's 20 billion Australian dollar (15.5 billion U.S. dollar) electricity assets after winning the state election over the weekend.
U.S. and partner-nation military forces have conducted a total of 19 airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) forces in Syria and Iraq in a 24-hour period, the U.S. Defense Department said on Wednesday.