Lundy pleased with ACT performance

Lundy pleased with ACT performance

By ALEX McCONACHIE

Labor’s performance in the ACT has been positive according to Senator Kate Lundy.

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20yo wins Qld seat for libs

20yo wins Qld seat for libs

By MICHAEL BYRNE
Queensland LNP candidate Wyatt Roy looks set to become Australia’s
youngest ever MP, at just 20 years of age.
Recent AEC projections predict a 3.9% swing to Roy, giving the LNP 52%
of the two party preferred result in
Roy’s preselection was initially controversial, but he managed to win
over his party collegues.
Liberal Leader Tony Abbott recently hit [...]

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Independent set to win Tas seat

Independent set to win Tas seat

By ALEX McCONACHIE
PREFERENCE flows could see a seat in Tasmania fall to independent Andrew Wilkie. Mr Wilkie is currently second in the primary vote with 22 per cent in the seat of Denison, but will pick up preferences from both the Liberals and Greens.

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McKew loses Bennelong to Libs

McKew loses Bennelong to Libs

By Alex McCONACHIE

The seat of Bennelong in northern Sydney has been claimed by the Liberals.

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Lights, cameras and action in Canberra

Lights, cameras and action in Canberra

LIGHTS, cameras, action! Add in Australia’s best journalists and an inquisitive, restless public and you have the atmosphere of the National Tally Room in Canberra on Election Night. After five weeks of campaigning, it has come down to this – what many are calling one of the closest elections in living memory.

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Greens set to steal Albanese seat

By EWAN GILBERT
A complicated flow of preferences could see the sitting member for Infrastructure, Anthony Albanese lose his inner Sydney seat of Grayndler to the Greens.

Veteran political analyst predicts Coalition victory

By GREG CHAMBERLAIN
VETERAN political analyst Malcolm Mackerras predicts a Coalition victory and says he is not surpised that there has been a large swing against Labor.

ALP picks up seats in Victoria

By KIA HANDLEY
The seat of Jagajaga in Victoria has been won by the Australian Labor Part by Jenny Macklin.

Swing against ALP in NSW of 7%

By DIANA BUSHBY
WITH three quaters of the primary votes counted the ALP has faced a swing of 7 per cent against it in NSW.

No matter how close, the donkey always plays its part

By EWAN GILBERT
Jessyka Norsworthy has managed to land just over 2% or nearly 1,500 votes in the seat of Calare, despite having refused all media interviews and never having even setting foot in the electorate.

Labor loses 13 seats

By SOPHIE PEARSE
The Federal eElection is proving to be increasingly tight as accross the country the ALP loses 13 key seats.