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Polls indicate that Australia's centre left Labor Party is likely to remain in power, as Trump worries weigh on the country.

Two opinion polls released on Thursday showed that Australia's center-left Labor Government is likely to remain in power after a tight national election at the weekend. Voters ranked Donald Trump's policies as their number one concern.

According to a RedBridge/Accent poll conducted by News Corp on Thursday, Labor led the Liberal-National Coalition conservative coalition 53%-47% under Australia's preferential voting system for two parties. Votes are then distributed until a winner has been declared.

The RedBridge survey showed that Labor could form a majority government or win the election on its own. This is a change from the February poll, which indicated that voters wanted Anthony Albanese to leave office.

RedBridge's poll found that Millennials, Generation Z, and older voters are the ones who have changed their minds about Labor.

The 18 million Australians who are enrolled in Australia's compulsory voting system consist of 43% Millennials and Generation Z, which is more than the influential Baby Boomer group.

The backlash against Trump and his remarks about making Canada the 51st state of the United States fueled a major political comeback by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals earlier this week.

Around 48% of Australians ranked Trump's uncertainty as their top concern, while 42% were wary of opposition plans to build nuclear power plants in the country to replace coal-fired energy.

A poll online of 1,011 respondents was conducted from April 24 to 29.

Peter Dutton, the leader of the opposition, has been campaigning on several policies that are seen as being modeled after Trump's Department of Government Efficiency set up by Elon Musk. He later abandoned a plan which would have required all government workers to return to their full-time jobs.

Dutton's popularity has been dragged down by comparisons to Trump and his policies in Australia. A poll conducted last month revealed that Australians had lost faith in the United States.

YouGov released a separate poll on Thursday that predicted a Labor majority. The party is likely to win up to 85 seats out of 150 seats in the lower house, while the opposition faces a net loss 11 seats, which would be its worst performance since 1947.

Albanese has downplayed the poll results and said it would be an extremely close race. (Reporting and editing by Renju José in Sydney.

(source: Reuters)