Australians are casting their final votes Saturday in a national election campaign dominated by cost-of-living concerns that’s being closely watched abroad for signs of a Donald Trump-inspired swing against conservative candidates.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - General election voting has closed in Australia's populous eastern states, including the cities of Sydney and Melbourne, with two more hours of voting left on Saturday in Western Australia in what has been a closely fought race.

From sausage sizzles to “donkey votes,” Australian elections are never boring. This time around, there’s some added spice with President Donald Trump and his tariffs.