Australia. The Labor Party wins parliamentary elections

On Saturday, parliamentary elections were held in Australia. The Central Policy Labor Party won, beating a liberal -novic coalition, “Reuters said, citing the initial results of voting. Australian media reports that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will remain as the head of the government.

The Australian portal of the “Guardian” daily on the basis of the forecast after a conversion of 30 percent. Votes that Laborists will win 65 places in parliament, and the coalition led by Peter Dutton – 22. In the House of Representatives, the lower Chamber of Parliament, he sits 150 deputies.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Sky News stations Australia They announced on the basis of partial results that the Labor Party would create a government, although it is too early to determine whether it will maintain an absolute majority.

If the victory is confirmed, Albanese would become the first prime minister of Australia who won the second three -year term in a row over the past 21 years.

“We are all Australians”

In his speech, the Labor Party leader stated that his prime minister's function is “the greatest honor in his life.” “With a deep sense of humility and responsibility, the first thing I will do today will be to thank the Australian nation,” he said.

The Prime Minister said that the time has come to focus on what “what connects us”. – No matter who you voted for, where you live, how you pray and who you love, whether you belong to the culture that has been on this continent for 65,000 years, whether you chose our country as your home and enriched our society with your contribution, we are all Australians – he emphasized. He declared that he would continue to lead the government, “which supports reconciliation with native inhabitants.”

The opposition loses the leader

According to ABC, the opposition leader Peter Dutton lost the election in his Dickson district, in which he won continuously for 24 years. This defeat means that the opposition has lost its leader – assessed the leading Australian analyst Antony Green. He noted that so far no leader of the political opposition has lost his place in the election. At the same time, he added that this day “could be a great victory of the Labor Party”.

During the election evening in Brisbane, Peter Dutton said he was responsible for failure and congratulated Albanese's victories.

Australian media indicated that Dutton's defeat is associated with his proposal of hard policy towards crime and immigration. During the election campaign, he was accused that his views were close to those represented by US President Donald Trump. Polls Public opinion showed that the instability of the White House administration policy was one of the main criteria that Australians were guided by the electoral urns. “Trump had a huge impact on voters,” confirmed Tony Barry's election analyst in an interview with ABC.

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