Australian conservative PM hails 'miracle' election victoryDate created : 18/05/2019 - 16:47
Latest update : 18/05/2019 - 18:03
Australia's conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed a stunning victory on Saturday in a national election result that defied pre-poll projections and led to favourite Bill Shorten resigning his leadership of the Labor party.
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Morrison had entered the election as an underdog, but after a hard-fought campaign defied the odds to extend the Liberal-National coalition's six-year rule.
"I have always believed in miracles!" he told jubilant supporters in Sydney. "How good is Australia!"?
Opposition Labor Party leader Bill Shorten conceded defeat late in the evening as Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal Party-led coalition came close to a majority in the 151-seat House of Representatives, where parties need a majority to form a government. ...
Shorten, who campaigned heavily on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, said Saturday morning that he was confident Labor would win, but Morrison would not be drawn on a prediction.
Morrison is the conservatives' third prime minister since they were first elected in 2013. ...
France 24