SYDNEY: Australia’s conservative Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will likely “scrape over the line” after tight weekend elections, his Labor opponent Bill Shorten said on Friday.

As the vote count continued, both Turnbull’s ruling Liberal/National coalition and Labor were short the 76 seats needed to claim a majority in the 150-seat House of Representatives.

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