INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
election by a wave of support for candidates who campaigned for more action on climate change and may hold the balance of power.Partial
policies of gender equality and tackling climate change, put on a strong showing, tapping voter anger over inaction on the environment after
towards that sense of common purpose
to be sworn in swiftly so he could attend a meeting of the Quad security grouping in Tokyo on Tuesday
He promised constitutional recognition and parliamentary representation for Indigenous Aboriginals, as well as the establishment of an
anti-corruption commission.MINORITY GOVERNMENT POSSIBLEIn results so far, Labor had yet to reach the 76 of the 151 lower house seats
required to form a government alone
Final results could take time as counting of a record number of postal votes is completed.With 60% of the vote counted, Labor had 72 seats
Independents and the Greens held 11, the Australian Broadcasting Corp projected
A further 13 seats remained in doubt.The centre-left Labor had held a decent lead in opinion polls before the election, although surveys
showed the Liberal-National government narrowing the gap in the final stretch of a six-week campaign.TURNING TEALIn one of the biggest hits
against an independent newcomer.Three volunteers working for teal independent Monique Ryan, who was challenging Frydenberg, said they joined
Frydenberg likely to lose his seat, Defence Minister Peter Dutton - a former policeman from Queensland - was shaping up as favourite to lead
the Liberals.Early returns suggested the Greens had made ground, looking to pick up to three seats in Queensland.Greens leader Adam Bandt,
Sydney after making whistle-stop tours across marginal seats in the final two days of a campaign dominated by rising living costs, climate
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