Uploaded August 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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As the Australian election goes down to the wire the two British-born candidates fighting for power are being pulling closer together.
The current Prime Minister Julia Gillard is originally from old south Wales rather than New South Wales - born in Barry - and aptly fro her roots is representing Labour.
The leader of the Liberal (conservative) opposition, Tony Abbott, started his life in London.

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