“The prime minister led from the front,” Frydenberg told ABC TV. Rather than frame the election as a battle between him and the more outgoing Morrison, Labor strategists instead pushed a broad platform of policies. Shorten would have been Australia’s sixth prime minister in six years had he been elected. So high was public confidence of a Labor victory, Australian online bookmaker Sportsbet paid out 1.3 million Australian dollars ($900,000) to bettors who backed Labor two days before the vote. As Labor absorbed the defeat, deputy leader Tanya Plibersek and Albanese told reporters they were considering running for the party’s leadership.

Source: National Post May 19, 2019 04:07 UTC