ABC election analyst Antony Green calls the seat of Dubbo for the National Party, delivering the Berejiklian Government a 47th seat and a majority in the NSW Lower House.
ABC election analyst Antony Green has called the seat of Dubbo for the National Party, delivering the Berejiklian Government a 47th seat and a majority in the NSW Lower House.
Green said that while preference counts for the early voting centres were not yet available,"the current first preference tallies in the centres, combined with available preference flows and scrutineer reports all point to Nationals candidate Dugald Saunders winning the seat by around 1,500 votes". The win takes the Coalition to 47 seats in the 93-seat chamber — enough to govern without relying on cross-bench support.Mr Saunders succeeds former Leader Troy Grant who announced in July he would not be contesting the election.Lismore was previously narrowly held by the Nationals with a 0.2 per cent margin.The Liberal Party's Wendy Lindsay remains ahead of Labor's Cameron Murphy 50.7 per cent to 49.3 per cent after preferences.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Berejiklian confident NSW Coalition will win majority | Sky News AustraliaNewly re-elected Premier Gladys Berejiklian is confident she will lead a majority government in the next term of parliament, as counting continues in the wake of the New South Wales election.\n\nThe latest data indicates the Coalition has won 46 seats, one shy of the 47 needed to govern without the support of minor parties.\n\nMs Berejiklian says she is 'looking forward to taking the state forward', promising four years of a 'strong and stable government'.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n
Read more »
Berejiklian confident NSW Coalition will win majority | Sky News AustraliaNewly re-elected Premier Gladys Berejiklian is confident she will lead a majority government in the next term of parliament, as counting continues in the wake of the New South Wales election.\n\nThe latest data indicates the Coalition has won 46 seats, one shy of the 47 needed to govern without the support of minor parties.\n\nMs Berejiklian says she is 'looking forward to taking the state forward', promising four years of a 'strong and stable government'.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Read more »
Daley is ‘gone’ as Labor leader: Jones | Sky News AustraliaSky News host and 2GB broadcaster Alan Jones says Michael Daley is ‘gone’ as Labor leader in the wake of the NSW election.\n\nWhile the Coalition will be re-elected in NSW, it is not yet clear whether Gladys Berejiklian will be able to govern with a majority.\n\nMichael Daley’s final week of the campaign was marred with controversy, including being unable to answer questions about education spending during Wednesday’s Sky News People’s Forum.\n\nMr Jones says it’s now very likely that Kogarah MP Chris Minns will challenge Mr Daley for the Labor leadership.\n\n\n\n
Read more »
Berejiklian confident of majority government | Sky News AustraliaNewly re-elected Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she will lead a majority government in the next term of parliament, as counting continues in the aftermath of the NSW election.\n\nAccording to the latest data, Coalition has won 46 seats, one shy of the 47 needed to govern without the support of minor parties.\n\nMeanwhile, Michael Daley says he is determined to lead his party to the next election despite an underwhelming result on Saturday night.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n
Read more »
NSW election on a knife-edge: poll | Sky News AustraliaThe latest YouGov Galaxy poll shows the major parties in NSW are neck-and-neck ahead of Saturday's state election, opening up the likelihood of a hung parliament.\n\nThe poll, published in the Daily Telegraph, shows the major parties deadlocked at 50-50 on a two-party preferred basis.\n\nThe result indicates the Berejiklian will lose six seats, forcing her to rely on independents in order to govern, while Labor will need to win 13 seats in order to regain power in its own right.\n\nThe two leaders will go head-to-head tonight, with Sky News Political Editor David Speers moderating the Sky News People's Forum LIVE from Western Sydney University at 8:00pm AEDT.\n\n\n
Read more »
Berejiklian confident NSW Coalition will win majority | Sky News AustraliaNewly re-elected Premier Gladys Berejiklian is confident she will lead a majority government in the next term of parliament, as counting continues in the wake of the New South Wales election.\n\nThe latest data indicates the Coalition has won 46 seats, one shy of the 47 needed to govern without the support of minor parties.\n\nMs Berejiklian says she is 'looking forward to taking the state forward', promising four years of a 'strong and stable government'.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n
Read more »
Berejiklian confident NSW Coalition will win majority | Sky News AustraliaNewly re-elected Premier Gladys Berejiklian is confident she will lead a majority government in the next term of parliament, as counting continues in the wake of the New South Wales election.\n\nThe latest data indicates the Coalition has won 46 seats, one shy of the 47 needed to govern without the support of minor parties.\n\nMs Berejiklian says she is 'looking forward to taking the state forward', promising four years of a 'strong and stable government'.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Read more »