Morrison gets his majority
ABC now has the Coalition at 76 seats. Labor has 65 and others six.
Of the four undecided the counts are:
- Bass – Libs lead by 467 votes with 88% counted
- Cowan – Labor leads by 757 votes with 79% counted
- Lilley – Labor leads by 1,113 votes with 79% counted
- Macquarie – Libs lead by 151 votes with 87% counted
So likely to end up with 78 seats. If so, this means the Coalition will have won seven seats off Labor, only lost one to Labor and Abbott’s seat. A stunning result.
The state by state swings for Labor were:
- NSW -2.1%
- Victoria +1.7%
- Queensland -3.7%
- WA – 2.0%
- SA +4.3%
- Tasmania -4.0%
- ACT -2.7%
- NT +2.8%
The likely Senate results are:
- Coalition 35
- Labor 26
- Greens 9
- Centre Alliance 2
- One Nation 2
- Conservatives 1
- Lambie 1
You need 39 votes to pass laws so the Coalition can do it with the four CR votes, plus a buffer of the Centre Alliance.