Although Australia's Federal election was today, the final outcome may not be known for another week.
A party needs 76 seats to form a government. As it stands, the Liberal (Conservative) Party has 72 seats, the Labor (left-wing) Party has 71, the Greens (environment) has 1 and there are 3 held by independents. There are 3 seats that are still too close to call.
The most likely outcome is that Labor and Liberal will both end up with 73 seats, and will need to make deals with the independents to form a minority government.
However, it is very possibles that the Greens candidate and one of the independents will side with Labor, whereas the other 2 independents side with the Liberals, meaning there may have to be a re-election in a few weeks time.
I think this result really surprised everyone, as all the polls predicted a fairly comfortable win for the Labor party, and even most of the Liberal party members were saying that a reduced majority for Labor (they had a 17 seat lead going into today's ballot) would be a great result.
IMO, the Liberals will be able to form a minority government, but we probably won't find out for another 7 days.
Fun times.
A party needs 76 seats to form a government. As it stands, the Liberal (Conservative) Party has 72 seats, the Labor (left-wing) Party has 71, the Greens (environment) has 1 and there are 3 held by independents. There are 3 seats that are still too close to call.
The most likely outcome is that Labor and Liberal will both end up with 73 seats, and will need to make deals with the independents to form a minority government.
However, it is very possibles that the Greens candidate and one of the independents will side with Labor, whereas the other 2 independents side with the Liberals, meaning there may have to be a re-election in a few weeks time.
I think this result really surprised everyone, as all the polls predicted a fairly comfortable win for the Labor party, and even most of the Liberal party members were saying that a reduced majority for Labor (they had a 17 seat lead going into today's ballot) would be a great result.
IMO, the Liberals will be able to form a minority government, but we probably won't find out for another 7 days.
Fun times.
The Liberal (Conservative) Party doesn't have 71 seats. The coalition of 4 parties (Liberal Party, National Party, Liberal-National Party (Qld) and Country Liberal Party (NT) has 71 seats.
But I think it will go 73 L/N/LNP/CL, 72 ALP, 1GR and 4 IND.
2 or 3 Independents will support the Coalition the other independent and the Greens will support the ALP. Even if the coalition gets up they it will not be long until the next election.
*MySmiley*
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So...Australia had a federal election today, and no-one won
- 21/08/2010 03:21:26 PM
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Well. the polls I saw had it at too close to call. Which is how it is.
- 21/08/2010 04:44:36 PM
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Re: Well. the polls I saw had it at too close to call. Which is how it is.
- 22/08/2010 02:49:38 AM
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spelt Labor, eh? Didn't know they specialized in producing wheat *NM*
- 22/08/2010 05:04:11 AM
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So, the Liberal Party is the "conservative" one? Australia is a crazy place! 
*NM*
- 21/08/2010 04:50:08 PM
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*NM*
- 21/08/2010 04:50:08 PM
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Once upon a time in America, "liberal" meant "wanting minimum government interference".
- 21/08/2010 09:22:55 PM
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thank you for this post!! i've been trying to get a better grasp on australian politics
- 21/08/2010 05:57:23 PM
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- 21/08/2010 05:57:23 PM
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actually
- 22/08/2010 02:38:57 AM
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You're right, of course
- 22/08/2010 02:48:39 AM
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6 to 12 months is about right...
- 22/08/2010 02:57:40 AM
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