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(MONDAY JUNE 20TH 115 PM EASTERN US TIME, 315 AM EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME TUESDAY)
All Australian Senate seats are now decided with the United Australia Party picking up the sixth Senate seat in Victoria.
90.4 percent of all votes for the Australian Senate are counted.
But for the House of Representatives more than 10 percent of the vote is still uncounted the count at 89.7 percent and no more counting being done.
We know the two main parties popular vote was down 6.5 percent (5.7 percent Liberal-National and .8 percent Labor).
Meanwhile One Nation gained 1.9 percent and United Australia .7 percent of the popular vote the largest of the smaller parties opposed to COVID mandates and vaccine coercion in Australia.
But the mystery of the uncounted votes remains.
(TUESDAY MAY 31ST 1115 AM, WEDNESDAY JUNE 1ST 115 AM EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME)
The outcome of all the races for Australia's 151 seat House of Representatives are now determined.
The Labor Party winning 77 seats, the Liberal-National Coalition 58, The Greens 4 with 12 Others elected.
81.6 percent of the vote for House seats counted, still a large body of votes outstanding.
Only 76.3 percent of the Senate vote counted. 40 of the 76 Senate seats were contested in the May 21st election with 2 seats still outstanding. They are the sixth seats being elected from Victoria and South Australia.
The overall popular vote tallied so far shows a 5.6 percent drop for the Liberal-National Coalition in first preference voting and a .6 percent drop for the Labor Party in first preference voting.
1.5 percent more voting for the Greens and 1.8 percent more voting for the First Nation Party of Senator Pauline Hanson.
Also .6 percent more voting for the United Australia Party. There was a 2 percent increase in voting for Others in first preferences for House of Representatives seats.
(MONDAY MAY 30TH 115 PM, TUESDAY MAY 31ST 315 AM AUSTRALIA TIME)
The vote count now over the 80 percent mark for House seats and 74 percent mark for Senate seats.
The Labor Party now given 76 of the 151 House seats a majority.
Two seats still out with the Liberals leading in one and Labor in the other.
Two Senate seats are undecided one in Victoria and the other in South Australia.
(315 AM EASTERN US TIME THURSDAY, 515 PM EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME)
76.4 percent of the votes counted for the 151 House seats with four still undecided. The Labor Party has now won 75 seats one short of a majority. The Liberal National Coalition stands at 57 seats and Other parties have 15 including the Greens with 3.
2 Senate seats still in doubt. 40 of the 76 Senate seats contested in the election. Still waiting for final word from Victoria and South Australia on the sixth seats elected from those states. 69.1 percent of the Senate vote counted at this point.
(WEDNESDAY 955 AM EASTERN US TIME, 1155 PM EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME)
75.4 percent of the vote counted for the 151 House seats with 74 confirmed for Labor, 57 for the Liberal-National Coalition, 15 going to others and 5 still undetermined.
Labor still two seats short of achieving a majority but leading in two of the five with the Coalition leading in two others and the Greens leading in the fifth undecided seat.
59.6 percent of the vote counted for the 40 Senate seats out of 76 total contested in this election.
Two seats undecided one in South Australia and the other in Victoria.
Pauline Hanson seen as a winner for re-election to her Queensland Senate seat. The outspoken leader of the One Nation Party a symbol of resistance to coerced vaccination on the national political scene.
The One Nation Senate candidate in South Australia Jennifer Game lost her lead a Liberal candidate now leading in that yet undecided Senate seat.
Meanwhile in Victoria the candidate currently leading for the undecided Senate seat is United Australia Party candidate Ralph Babet. The UAP another strong voice against government COVID policies in Australia.
(MONDAY 940 AM EASTERN US TIME, 1140 PM EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME)
The slow count of the votes continued Monday with 9 House seats and 3 Senate seats still in doubt tonight. 72.6 percent of House votes tallied.
The breakdown in House seats 73 for Labor, 54 for the Liberal National Coalition and 15 going to Other parties with 9 still undecided. Labor likely to win enough of those undecided seats to go to at least 76 and have a majority in the House.
In Australia's ranked choice preference voting system the popular vote for House on final preferences 51.9 for Labor and 48.1 for the Liberal National Coalition.
On first preference voting the Liberal-National Coalition at 35.8 percent a 5.7 vote plunge from 2019.
The Labor Party also losing voters down .5 percent to 32.8 percent.
The Green Party which may end up with three House seats when the vote count ends at 11.8 percent up 1.5 percent.
The One Nation Party of Pauline Hanson up 1.8 percent in first preferences to 4.9 percent and the United Australia Party rising .7 percent to 4.2 percent.
Both One Nation and UAP were outspoken in opposition to COVID mandates and coerced vaccination in Australia.
The Others at 10.5 percent of the popular vote this includes 'teal independents' the Green-Feminist candidates in the mold of Lisa Murkowski or Susan Collins of the Republican Party in the United States.
But Others also includes smaller party advocates for Medical Freedom in relation to COVID....ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA PARTY TOTALS
BREAKING NEWS:
CONTRARY TO EARLIER MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTS, PAULINE HANSON IS NOW CONSIDERED THE LIKELY WINNER FOR ONE OF THE SIX SENATE SEATS IN QUEENSLAND.
THE ONE NATION LEADER OPENLY PROCLAIMING HER UNVACCINATED STATUS WHO CONTRACTED COVID LAST WEEK CALLING IT LIKE HAVING A BAD COLD WILL RETAIN HER SENATE SEAT.
ALSO ONE NATION SENATE CANDIDATE JENNIFER GAME LEADS FOR THE YET UNDECIDED SENATE SEAT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
ONE NATION CAME INTO THIS ELECTION WITH TWO SENATE SEATS THEY MAY GAIN A THIRD.
(1130 AM EASTERN US TIME SUNDAY, 130 AM EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME MONDAY)
A SLOW SUNDAY VOTE COUNT MORE TO BE COUNTED ESPECIALLY FOR THE SENATE
LABOR PARTY GETS LESS FIRST PREFERNCE SUPPORT BUT THE LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY LOSES EVEN MORE
MORRISON'S EMBRACE OF COVID SHOTS (VACCINATION) SEEN IN VOTES FOR OTHER PARTIES WITH HIGHER VOTE TOTALS FOR THEM
On Sunday very little forward motion in completing the vote count with mail-in votes said to be outstanding.
The vote count 70.5 percent finished for the 151 House of Representatives seats right now ABC News sees the Labor winning 72 seats the Liberal-National Coalition winning 52. Others are winning 15 seats with 12 seats undecided.
In the 12 undecideds Labor leading or likely to win in 5 of them if that goes through Labor will reach 77 seats one more than a majority in the House.
The Senate vote is even more incomplete only 39.6 percent finished still many unknowns in the ranked choice voting system.
Voters only have to make six choices here and third parties run in abundance for Senate seats meaning voters can avoid holding their nose and voting for the major parties.
The third parties and independents have good shots at winning Senate seats by cutting deals with other third parties and independents for preferences.
In 'winning' the election the Labor Party received fewer first preference votes than three years ago down at this point .50 percent for House seats.
But the Liberal-National Coalition suffered an even greater loss 5.79 percent fewer first preference votes for House seats.
The Green Party vote up 1.51 percent in first preferences but Other parties saw a 2.87 rise in first preference votes with Independents up 2.13 percent.
Scott Morrison's embrace of COVID shots as the way forward in Australia is reflected in both the Other vote and some of Independent vote.
That vote would have helped Morrison perhaps to have won this election in spite of the "Green" forces of the 'teal' independents hurting the Liberal-National vote in some seats.
(105 AM EASTERN US TIME SUNDAY, 305 PM EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME)
More votes trickling in Labor right now with 71 seats the Liberal-National Coalition 51 others getting 15 seats and 14 seats undetermined right now for the House of Representatives.
ABC News in Australia saying 67.5 percent of the votes counted for the House races.
(12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME, 2 PM SUNDAY EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME)
It's Sunday and the vote count continuing the mail-in votes outstanding for House of Representatives 66 percent of the vote counted Election Night. Still 34 percent outstanding.
We don't know who won in 15 of the House seats.
Only 38 percent of the Senate vote counted on Election Night. 62 percent outstanding.
EARLIER ELECTION NIGHT NEWS-COMMENT BELOW
There is a vote count for 40 seats in Australia's Senate tonight here is the breakdown on that.
You are being shown what the Senate of 76 members will look like following tonight's results for 40 of the 76 seats contested...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIAN SENATE VOTE COUNT
Labor will only have 25 the Coalition 30 the Greens appear to be getting 12 making them a key bloc of votes there and there will other third party players.
The Senate a lesser chamber but the government has to find support to move its legislation there.
(12 NOON EASTERN US TIME, 2 AM SUNDAY EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME)
ABC NEWS IN AUSTRALIA ESTIMATING THE FINAL PREFERENCE BREAKDOWN TONIGHT AS LABOR 51.8 PERCENT AND LIBERAL-NATIONAL COALITION 48.2 PERCENT THAT'S THE VOTE AFTER LAST PREFERENCES ARE EXPRESSED BY VOTERS.
THREE YEARS AGO 51.53 PERCENT BROKE FOR THE LIBERAL-NATIONAL COALITION AND 48.47 BROKE FOR LABOR.
A reading of the results tonight the votes counted so far indicates a six percent drop in support for the Liberal-National Coaliton in House voting and a .80 percent drop in support for Labor.
Labor is winning tonight by default and by voters after expressing their choices for third parties and independents in record numbers just marking the Liberals as their last choice.
THE COMBINED LIBERAL-LABOR SHARE OF VOTES TONIGHT IS 67.9 PERCENT COMPARED TO 74.8 PERCENT IN THE 2019 ELECTION.
THE GREENS GOT 10.4 PERCENT OF POPULAR VOTES IN 2019 TONIGHT THEY STAND AT 12.20 PERCENT A 1.8 PERCENT INCREASE.
THE INDEPENDENTS AND THIRD PARTIES RISING TONIGHT WHILE SOME ARE THE MODERATES THE HEALTH FREEDOM VOTE IN OPPOSITION TO REPRESSIVE COVID POLICY IS REPRESENTED IN THE ELECTORATE WITH A SHIFT OVER TO OTHERS 13.82 PERCENT OF THE VOTE COUNTED SO FAR AND INDEPENDENTS 5.6 PERCENT OF THE VOTE COUNTED SO FAR.
THE VOTE COUNT FROM ABC IN AUSTRALIA GIVES ONE NATION 5.0 PERCENT OF THE VOTE AND THE UNITED AUSTRALIA PARTY 4.3 PERCENT THESE PARTIES KEY ADVOCATES OF MEDICAL FREEDOM IN THE FACE OF COVID MANDATES...ABC AUSTRALIA VOTE TOTALS
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(1125 AM EASTERN US TIME, 125 AM SUNDAY EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME)
The situation late Saturday night in Australia is that Labor is at 72 seats with the Liberal-National Coalition at 55 seats and 13 other members have been elected to the House of Representatives which totals 151 members.
11 seats remain to be determined.
Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese will be the next Prime Minister of Australia.
The Liberal-National Coalition hit from the "Right" by freedom and liberty minded voters dismayed by COVID policy they expressed first preferences for One Nation Party or United Australia Party or smaller parties and independent candidates.
Moderate candidates who would normally be Liberals created the "teal independent" bloc in the wealthy suburbs and won some seats the Lisa Murkowski-Mitt Romney type of people speaking issues like 'climate change' anathema to rural interests in Australia like farming, ranching and mining.
The Greens and Independents like the "teal" candidates gaining seats in the House tonight along with Labor once the voters reach their final preferences.
Stay tuned for Senate results which the more conservative forces have a shot at success because voters don't have to go beyond six preferences as they vote for candidates on a statewide basis.
(840 AM EASTERN US TIME, 1040 PM EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME)
Labor should be picking up the seats it needs to get a majority in the House of Representatives as the vote comes in from Western Australia.
FOR THE 151 HOUSE SEATS LABOR LEADING OR ELECTED 72, THE LIBERAL-NATIONAL COALITION 51, OTHERS 10...830 AM EASTERN US TIME
FOR THE 151 HOUSE SEATS LABOR LEADING OR ELECTED 71, THE LIBERAL-NATIONAL COALITION 49 AND OTHERS 9...740 AM EASTERN US TIME
THE LABOR PARTY IS PROJECTED TO WIN A MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENATIVES AND ANTHONY ALBANESE IS PROJECTED TO BE AUSTRALIA'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
(730 AM EASTERN US TIME, 930 PM EASTERN AUSTRALIA TIME)
ABC NEWS IN AUSTRALIA SHOWING THE LABOR PARTY WITH 70 SEATS, THE COALITION OF PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON AT 47 SEATS WITH 9 SEATS GOING TO OTHERS.
THIS COUNT IS LEADING AND ELECTED IN.
THE LABOR PARTY APPEARS CLOSE TO AN OUTRIGHT MAJORITY OF 76 SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF REPESENTATIVES.
THE VOTE COUNT FOR THE 40 OF THE 76 SEATS CONTESTED IN AUSTRALIA'S SENATE COMES LATER HERE THIRD PARTIES HAVE A BETTER ABILITY TO TAKE SEATS AS THEY HAVE IN PAST ELECTIONS THIS TIME THEY COULD WIN MORE.
(EARLIER NEWS)
The votes are coming in and there will be postal votes counted tomorrow (mail-in votes) media spin is that minor parties and independents are taking votes away from the major parties.
Just after 9 pm in Eastern Australia (7 am Eastern US Time) ABC News in Australia showing that 66 of the 151 House of Representatives seats are going to the Labor Party with 47 for current government coalition and 7 seats to others.
The story as written by Nine News in Australia headlines "Morrison Will Cease To Be PM" and it very much appears that Labor is moving towards a majority in the House of Representatives.
The "climate change" touting "teal independents" challenging the ruling coalition for being "too conservative" winning in the wealthy districts they are they are Australia's version of Republican "Moderates" in the Mitt Romney mold.
The "Teal Independents" taking six House seats at last word.
Senior cabinet ministers like Peter Dutton the Defense Minister and Josh Frydenberg the Treasurer having difficulty in the vote count trying to hold onto their seats.
(MORE TO COME)
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