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(Australia) election 2019: Antony Green says the Coalition has won, Labor fails to break through
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ^ | 18th May 2019

Posted on 05/18/2019 4:47:15 AM PDT by naturalman1975

Antony Green predicts the Coalition will win the federal election but cannot say whether it will have a majority or minority government.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


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This is a great result for conservatives in Australia - and the polls said it wouldn't happen.

A majority government will be better, but a minority government is a lot better than Labor.

1 posted on 05/18/2019 4:47:15 AM PDT by naturalman1975
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Sounds hopeful. Maybe the tide is turning. Without Trump it would not be so.


2 posted on 05/18/2019 4:48:56 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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3 posted on 05/18/2019 4:50:42 AM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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This isn’t speculation - the election is being called by all the experts. Nobody is arguing against them.


4 posted on 05/18/2019 4:51:42 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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There is still a matter of whether we have to rely on independents to form government. It would be great to make 77 and take this country forward.


5 posted on 05/18/2019 5:24:30 AM PDT by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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Yes - I’d certainly prefer majority government.


6 posted on 05/18/2019 5:27:40 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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Labor got handed it’s butt in Queensland.

Hawke knew when to check out. You guys have some heavy lifting to do. Get Phillip Adams and Laura Tingle out of public profile for starters.


7 posted on 05/18/2019 5:53:18 AM PDT by ameribbean expat (Socialism is like a nude beach - - sounds great til you actually get there. -- David Burge.)
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What part of Australia is the most conservative and the most liberal. Is the cities the most liberal area...like it is here?


8 posted on 05/18/2019 6:22:07 AM PDT by ConservaTeen (WFLA's Jack Harris: Brooklyn is missing their village idiot. Right you are, Jack.)
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Is Queensland like California/New York liberal areas? Or is it Conservative?


9 posted on 05/18/2019 7:07:54 AM PDT by ConservaTeen (WFLA's Jack Harris: Brooklyn is missing their village idiot. Right you are, Jack.)
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To: VTenigma

Yes Trump has given hope and strength to us all...even to other countries!


10 posted on 05/18/2019 8:37:29 AM PDT by Karoo
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Cities are generally the most liberal (Labor party)


11 posted on 05/18/2019 10:13:36 AM PDT by aviator (Armored Pest Control)
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