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There are nonetheless greater than a dozen seats to be declared within the federal election. The main target will probably be on the tight races in Kooyong, Goldstein, and on whether or not the Greens chief, Adam Bandt, can retain his seat of Melbourne.
You possibly can see our outcomes web page beneath, and we may have updates from our Canberra staff quickly.
Full Story podcast asks: what comes subsequent for the Liberal celebration?
The Liberal celebration is going through its worst disaster because it was shaped within the Nineteen Forties. With Peter Dutton booted out of parliament, the query has rapidly turned to who will take over the celebration’s management, and if it may well survive the altering temper within the voters
Nour Haydar talks to chief political correspondent Tom McIlroy about what comes subsequent for the Liberal celebration.
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Which demographics swung to Labor?
We have now a wonderful number of evaluation this morning about what formed the election outcome, and what classes could be drawn from the result.
Our quantity crunchers have been attempting to establish the principle demographic teams that swung to Labor – they usually embody city voters, girls, younger folks and Australians whose first language isn’t English.
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We’ll gravitate to wise centre, says NSW Liberal chief
Liberals in Australia’s most populous state will give attention to the celebration’s “timeless values” after a federal election drubbing, Australian Related Press stories.
The celebration’s NSW department won’t get slowed down in inner or exterior tradition wars, the opposition chief, Mark Speakman, stated forward state parliament resuming at present.
“The policies we’ll be developing as an opposition will be evidence-based, they’ll be rigorous, they’ll be prompt, and they will gravitate to the sensible centre of NSW politics,” he instructed reporters forward of a shadow cupboard assembly yesterday afternoon.
“Our values of aspiration, opportunity, enterprise, hard work, are timeless, and we will anchor our policies on those.”
His feedback got here with the Liberals prone to be left with 4 federal seats on Sydney’s city fringes after Saturday’s election.
Speakman promised insurance policies will probably be rolled out in a well timed method earlier than the March 2027 state election.
“But above all be coherent, cohesive and focused on the issues that matter,” he stated, pointing to housing affordability, the price of residing, faculties, hospitals and infrastructure.
The state department stays dedicated to the 2050 net-zero goal Speakman introduced as setting minister in 2016, with a seamless rollout of renewable vitality backed by batteries, pumped hydrogen and fuel.
“I can’t see nuclear energy happening in the foreseeable future in NSW, or Australia, but you never say never,” Speakman stated.
Watt predicts Labor’s second time period will probably be a ‘bit simpler’ in Senate
Caitlin Cassidy
Watt additionally stated Labor was beneath “no illusions” in regards to the variety of folks voting for the celebration for the primary time, or rejoining it – whereas including “new things” would emerge this time period.
The federal authorities picked up seven seats within the senator’s house state of Queensland within the federal election, together with six in Brisbane and Peter Dutton’s seat of Dickson. Federally, Labor has loved virtually a 3% swing in its favour.
Watt stated:
We need to retain that belief by performing in accordance with the mandate that we acquired. There will probably be new issues that emerge, globally and domestically, that we’ll must cope with. However the precedence is about respecting the mandate that we’ve been given.
Watt stated Labor’s second time period can also be a “little bit easier” for the federal authorities given the present make-up of the Senate.
Labor is on monitor for 28 seats within the Senate, that means it could solely require help of the Coalition or the Greens to cross laws.
It’s a important change to the Senate … The concept we will probably get an consequence with both the Coalition or the Greens with out having to cobble collectively all kinds of coalitions might make issues a bit bit simpler.
I suppose it’s going to additionally rely on the strategy that these events take within the Senate and I believe if there’s one factor that I’d hope that each the Coalition and the Greens have discovered from the final time period is that being obstructive to the federal government’s agenda really finally ends up rebounding on them. I believe that that was a extremely key purpose that we noticed the Greens particularly go backwards, significantly right here in Queensland.
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Labor to ship extra on housing in second time period, Murray Watt says
Labor will probably be “able to deliver” motion it has promised on housing in its second time period, the minister for employment and office relations, Murray Watt, has flagged.
The Labor senator instructed ABC’s 7.30 on Monday night that Labor’s agenda in its first time period was “more ambitious” than it’s credited for, significantly on housing.
I believe this time period … we’ll really now be capable to ship a variety of the issues that we’ve got promised in housing.
Pressed on whether or not Labor would make tax adjustments in its second time period, together with to destructive gearing, he stated the celebration had been “very clear” that it wasn’t proposing to vary its coverage and wouldn’t “start scrapping policies” both.
We expect that we will meet the wants of youthful Australians by way of the coverage platform that we took to the election. In fact, the dedication to cut back Hecs money owed by 20% was very fashionable amongst youthful folks. The commitments we’ve made to construct extra houses for first home-buyers. The 5% deposit scheme backed in by the federal government was very fashionable amongst younger voters.
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Labor haven’t been given sufficient credit score for insurance policies to ease the housing disaster, Murray Watt stated final night time, because the Labor senator promised that the brand new Albanese authorities “will be able” to ship extra to assist in its second time period, anticipating issues to be a bit simpler for Labor’s coverage agenda within the new Senate.
It got here because the prime minister warned crossbenchers final night time to “get out of the way” and permit the personal sector to get on with constructing extra houses. Extra developing.
It’s an altogether totally different outlook for the Liberals who’re properly on their method to a full-blown existential disaster. Gina Rinehart has advised the celebration must change into extra Trumpian whereas others, particularly former senior girls MPs and senators resembling Linda Reynolds say the celebration has to reform and get extra girls into parliament. In New South Wales, the Liberal chief says the celebration must revert to “timeless values” after the drubbing. Extra on that in a couple of minutes.
