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Ken Burch

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4. The vote share swing to the Liberal/National coalition was actually quite small.

Reply to Lydia Leftcoast (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 09:21 PM

Sep 2013

Last edited Sun Sep 8, 2013, 08:54 PM - Edit history (1)

It looks like the party that made the biggest gains was the Palmer United Party, a vanity project of Queensland mining executive Clive Palmer(who, personally, seems to have actually managed to win a seat for the party in Queensland).

The Green vote fell, probably because people felt that they were responsible for the carbon tax on mining and that this tax was responsible for job losses.++++++++++++++++++

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What happened? Why did Abbott win? [View all] Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2013 OP

I can't speak with any expertise, enlightenment Sep 2013 #1

Who counted the votes? blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #2

Well, Labor ran a horrible campaign, for one thing. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #3

The vote share swing to the Liberal/National coalition was actually quite small. Ken Burch Sep 2013 #4

Abbott's acceptance speech Viva Sep 2013 #5

N.T. seats are likely to remain unchanged. Matilda Sep 2013 #7

reasons anakie Sep 2013 #6

It can't all be laid at Rudd's door. Matilda Sep 2013 #8