Too close to call in Australia

SYDNEY - In their final confrontation before next Saturday's general election, Paul Keating, the Australian Prime Minister, and John Hewson, the opposition leader, last night conducted a national television debate, writes Robert Milliken.

Two opinion polls showing a swing back to the ruling Labor Party in key marginal seats confirm indications that up to one-fifth of voters have not made up their minds.

One poll yesterday in the Sun-Herald, a Sydney newspaper, gave the government 50.4 per cent.