As counting enters it’s sixth day since the federal election, the Coalition is slowly edging towards retaining government by a slim majority.
The Liberals and Nationals are likely to hold 76 seats in the 150-seat lower house – enough to hold a majority by a single seat – as postal votes and recounts of existing votes continue to favour the Coalition over Labor.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s only comment yesterday came via Twitter where he wrote: “We need to listen very carefully to the concerns the Australian people have expressed at this election.”
Oppposition Leader Bill Shorten didn’t concede defeat, but said Mr Turnbull would face many problems should he scrape back into office, including “white hot anger” within Liberal ranks.
On Wednesday afternoon the coalition appeared to have 70 seats to Labor’s 67, with one Green and four independents.
Of the eight seats in doubt, the coalition leads in Chisholm, Dunkley, Gilmore and Forde and had clawed back Labor’s lead in Hindmarsh to just 151 votes – AAP
Image sourced from Sydney Morning Herald
