It has been a rough couple of days for Coalition leader, Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten. With no result on Saturday night about the winner and statistics coming back a quarter of voters chose the Independent parties first, this could be a good change for a stable political environment.
The Liberal government are struggling behind, as of Sunday afternoon, they have 65 seats to Shorten’s party 67, 13 are still in doubt. To win, Malcolm must win 76 seats but the Liberal Leader remains quietly confident he can do so saying “Like all of us, Australians would have no doubt preferred a clearer outcome last night [Saturday]. I remain quietly confident that a majority Coalition government will be returned,” he added that the Coalition will get the pre and postal-votes to get the party across the line and win.
Mr Turnbull is saying he will be able to work with some of the Independent parties to lead ahead of Labour and work with other members of the Senate to gain another insight into what Australians need.
Business Insider gave us an insight on just how many votes individuals gave to the Independent parties such as: Nick Xenophon who is likely to pick up three South Australian seats. Pauline Hansons’s anti-multiculturalism party, One Nation, is also in the running to pick up three seats spread across the nation: NSW, Western Australia and Victoria.
Many voters chose non-major parties over Labour and Liberal due to their policies and issues. The Australian Electoral commission says they will resume counting on Tuesday and will hopefully have a Prime Minister by the end of the month.
Victorian Liberal Party President, Michael Kroger says a hung parliament is the most likely outcome that Australia will face in this election. This means that neither party will win, the two major parties: Labour and Liberal will have to work together in order to support the Australian nation.
Now Australia will have to wait patiently to receive the results of what will happened next…
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