Posted on 05/18/2019 6:54:50 AM PDT by naturalman1975
Bill Shorten has conceded defeat and called on Labor's supporters to respect the election result, revealing he is standing down as leader of the party in the wake of its defeat.
"I know that you're all hurting. And I am too," he told supporters in Melbourne just after 11:30pm.
"It is obvious that Labor will not be able to form the next government. And so, in the national interest, a short time ago I called Scott Morrison to congratulate him.
"I wish Jenny and their daughters all the very best, and above all, I wish Scott Morrison good fortune and good courage in the service of our great nation.
"Now that the contest is over, all of us have a responsibility to respect the result, respect the wishes of the Australian people and to bring our nation together.
"However, that task will be one for the next leader of the Labor Party, because while I intend to continue to serve as the member for Maribyrnong, I will not be a candidate in the next leadership ballot."
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Mr Shorten said he wished he could have won for the Australian people, Labor's true believers, the trade union movement, and particularly for Bob Hawke, who died on Thursday night.
"It was not to be. Labor's next victory will belong to our next leader, and I'm confident that victory will come at the next election," he said.
"Friends, I'm disappointed by tonight's results. But I am not disappointed for me. I'll always be proud of the courage and the integrity and the vision that our team showed.
"I leave the stage tonight, but I encourage all Australians, particularly young Australians, never lose faith in the power of individuals to make a difference. Never give up. Never give up aiming for better."
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GREAT NEWS!!
17 May: Climate Depot: Al Gore accused of ‘last minute interference’ into Australian Election – Group seeks investigation ‘into foreign electoral interference and ABC complicity’
https://www.climatedepot.com/2019/05/17/al-gore-accused-of-last-minute-interference-into-australian-election-group-seeks-investigation-into-foreign-electoral-interference-and-abc-complicity/
yes, conservative Coalition won the election, but the excellent Tony Abbott, globull warming sceptic lost, due to massive NGO campaign against him. it would be great if the new Govt appointed him Ambassador to the US.
Not impossible, but he'd prefer to be High Commissioner to the United Kingdom :)
It’d have been nice if Shrillery had such dignity. Unfortunately, dignity is a trait missing from the RAT party.
How refreshing to see the losing Leftist concede and wish the winner well. That’s the way it used to be in the USA before Hillary Clinton’s disgusting refusal to call President-Elect Trump after losing. Her satanic crowd of feminist harpies and Communist supporters began trying to overthrow our government from Day 1 of his presidency, and with the help of their media enablers, it continues to this day.
Seems citizens all over the globe are tiring of ‘progressive’ leadership.
I guess their fruits aren’t very tasty after all. Bitter, in fact.
Thank God.
It wasn’t just HilLIARy who lost. It was the cabal that controlled the government put in place by the corrupt members of Demonrat Party.
And every swamp poll had Labor winning!
An honorable act!
What a shame the US Democrats are incapable of this behavior. Instead, they have been throwing perpetual temper tantrums for the last several years.
“Now that the contest is over, all of us have a responsibility to respect the result, respect the wishes of the Australian people and to bring our nation together.”
Very gracious and respectful of the people’s will, unlike our RATS.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ..................and all we heard were the liberal a##es claiming victory like they did with hillary
Shorten is certainly a bit more magnanimous in defeat than Hitlery was after she lost to Donald Trump.
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