Early results from the election show Australians are swinging behind independents, minor parties and the Greens, challenging the Liberal and Labor parties in the heartland seats they need.
A splintering in political support has challenged the Liberal and Labor parties in the heartland seats both need to hold to claim government, with Australians swinging behind independents, minor parties and the Greens.
Labor deputy leader Richard Marles said he was hopeful of victory but thought the party was facing a significant challenge. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Saturday the party had to rethink the way it chose its candidates after the experience of the 2022 campaign, while federal Finance Minister Simon Birmingham expressed similar concerns on election night.“There are lessons to be learned, as I’ve indicated, and I expect wherever we go, hopefully still into government, we have to heed those messages,” he said.
Marles acknowledged the early results showed swings in favour of Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party, adding to the unpredictability of the election result. Birmingham said the early results suggested seats were changing hands in both directions, a scenario that could enable the government to prevent Labor forming a majority in its own right.
“We are clearly seeing the Greens having very strong votes in some of those inner-city electorates and that will potentially present challenges for both parties.”Labor education spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek told the ABC there were positive signs for the Opposition in key seats in NSW and Victoria.
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