{{A senior Australian lawmaker in the ruling Labor Party says her party has lost Australia’s election.}}
Health Minister Tanya Plibersek told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television after 13 percent of the votes were counted Saturday that her government’s loss was no longer in doubt.
She said: “I am a cautious person by nature, but I think that it’s pretty clear it’s a matter of the size of the victory” for the conservative Liberal Party-led coalition.
Plibersek’s concession backs all analysts and means a coalition victory is almost certain. Opinion polls and an early exit poll all predicted a resounding Liberal win.
A coalition victory would mean an end to six years of center-left Labor Party rule. The party has been marred by relentless infighting that left the public frustrated and disillusioned.
(AP)
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