"It is obvious that Labor will not be able to form the next government", Bill Shorten told stunned supporters in Melbourne. "Despite the wider fragmentation of the right in Australia, they have snatched a seeming win," he told AFP, calling the coalition victory "extraordinary and surprising".Liberal supporters were ecstatic over the result. "Unbelievable," gushed Anthony Ching at the Liberal party headquarters. "Everybody was expecting that we were not going to win. Candidates have been egged and abused, and a slew have resigned for racist, sexist and otherwise jaw-dropping social media posts.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 18, 2019 14:37 UTC