Australian election 2022

Unlike the 2019 showdown, there is little difference between the two major parties on tax this time around. But there are significant differences on housing ...

Labor will set up a $15billion National Reconstruction Fund to fund major manufacturing projects across the nation. The Coalition has a $2.5 billion Modern Manufacturing Strategy to help Australian manufacturing scale up. The Coalition has proposed a $2.4 billion plan to give apprentices in high-demand sectors $5,000 cash payment. Labor will provide 465,000 free TAFE places and 20,000 extra university places under a $1.2billion plan. Pictured: Mr Albanese with a hydrogen car One of Labor's most significant policies is to increase childcare subsidies for all families earning less than $530,000. Anthony Albanese has pledged 50 first-aid clinics across the country if he wins the election. Labor will set up a $15billion National Reconstruction Fund to fund major manufacturing projects across the nation. Lower income families would also benefit from increased subsidies. The Coalition has a $2.5billion Modern Manufacturing Strategy to help Australian manufacturing scale up. The Coalition has increased the subsidy by 30 per cent for second and subsequent children in a family aged five or under in child care, up to a maximum rate of 95 per cent. The Coalition will allow first home buyers to access 40 per cent of their superannuation up to $50,000 to buy a house.

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The focus this election has been on the battle to win government in the lower house. In the same time, the Coalition made small gains, going from 33% to 34%. ABC radio is offering live coverage too, hosted by Raf Epstein and Sabra Lane, with Thomas Oriti covering all the latest news on the night. Two weeks ago Labor was ahead of the Coalition 49% to 45% with 6% undecided. In Victoria, there’s a showdown between teal independents and the Liberal party. In NSW both Labor and the Liberals are confident of picking up seats off each other. This week the Guardian Essential poll showed the race was tightening. She’s been popular in the electorate, but that doens’t mean she can fend off former member Ross Hart. Good thing the AEC has you covered. As you prepare to cast your vote, here is everything you need to know. But the Senate will be crucial to what the new government will and won’t be able to do. Speaking of seats, there are some particularly interesting ones to watch this year.

Australians head to the polls on Saturday, to choose whether to give Scott Morrison another term - or oust him in favour of Labor's Anthony Albanese.

Morrison says his government would exceed its target and might reduce emissions by 30% to 35% by the end of the decade. Labor would buy a 40% stake in new homes and collect the same share when the house is eventually sold. Labor argues its policy would not be inflationary because it would only be available to 10,000 home buyers a year. The state-owned Australian Broadcasting Corp would be funded to take more Australian television, radio and online media content to a broader Pacific audience. Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has insisted there will be no Chinese naval base in his country and China has denied seeking a military foothold in the islands. The Liberal Party and Labor Party have different plans to help Australians buy their first homes in a soaring property market.

More than 17 million Australians will have their say on their next federal government with PM Scott Morrison's coalition expected to narrowly lose.

That’s despite a two point drop in the party’s primary vote to 36%. Closely watched will be the success of the so-called “teal” independents running a well-funded campaign on climate change, integrity and women’s safety across a number of Liberal-held seats. When polls open on Saturday, ballots will be cast for 1203 candidates across the 151 seats in the House of Representatives. As well, 421 Senate candidates are vying for 40 seats across the states and territories.

Polls show a close race between the ruling conservative coalition, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and the center-left Labor Party, led by Anthony ...

Australians vote Saturday to elect their 47th Parliament since federation in 1901 and will likely either return Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conservative ...

There are 17.2 million people registered to vote in Saturday's election, which is 97% of eligible adult citizens among Australia's total population of 26 million. Voter turnout is consistently high despite the fine for failing to vote being a token 20 Australian dollars ($14). Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A majority of seats in the House of Representatives is needed to form a government. This has happened only once since World War II. Here are some facts about the Australian election. More than 40% of votes were cast early or by post in the 2019 election and the proportion is on track to exceed 48% in the 2022 election due to the pandemic.

Australia's bookies have Labor as a clear favourite to win tonight's election, with odds for a Coalition re...

The bookmaker paid out around $1.3 million early. In order to pay out punters who had backed Morrison to win, the entire decision to pay out early on Shorten was estimated to have cost Sportsbet around $5.2 million. In 2019 Sportsbet infamously paid out early on Labor leader Bill Shorten winning the election, who they were offering at odds as short as $1.16 to win. At the time of publishing, the TAB was offering $1.48 for Labor to be the party that provides the PM and $2.70 for the Coalition to do the same. On election morning, Sportbet had Labor as $1.75 favourites to form a majority government, while the Coalition is sitting at $6 to retain government in its own right. Australia's bookies have Labor as a clear favourite to wintonight's election, with odds for a Coalition return to government widening by the hour.

Welcome to the 9news.com.au coverage of the 2022 Federal Election. The first polls are open and Australians...

"I had my laptop open with the ballot papers in front of me so I could see what I was voting for. Join us for live coverage of election day and stay with us later as the results start to trickle in. Weekend Today presenter Jayne Azzopardi is one of the thousands of Australians with COVID-19 who voted by phone today, and gave the process a big tick. Prime Minister Scott Morrison started election day in the Victorian seat of McEwen. Stegall who defeated former Coalition prime minister Tony Abbott for the seat in 2019 is one of the 'teal' independents standing for improved climate change action and greater transparency in federal politics. Welcome to the 9news.com.au coverage of the 2022 Federal Election. The first polls are open and Australians are voting to decide who the country's Prime Minister will be - although with the race narrowing between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and opposition leader Anthony Albanese in the last week every result is still on the table.

While Australians voice concern about inflation and climate change, the race has focused on the conduct of the incumbent conservative prime minister.

An energetic campaigner who has presented himself as the leader for “quiet Australians” who want a steady hand on the economic tiller, he had a reputation for being a moderate earlier in his career. But he found his footing during a pair of debates during which he focused on wage increases and other traditional Labor issues while standing up to the more combative prime minister. The country has compulsory voting and preferential voting, letting people rank their choices, and a large swath of the electorate decides at the last second. With few major policy differences or dramatic proposals, the election has come to be seen as a referendum on Mr. Morrison’s conduct and performance in office. His ham-handed explanation during a radio interview — “I don’t hold a hose, mate” — became emblematic of what many have criticized as his government’s inadequate response and reluctance to take climate change seriously as a factor in the disaster. He emerged in the broader national consciousness in 2013 as immigration minister, when he took a hard-line approach to enforcing Australia’s “Stop the Boats” policy, aimed at preventing asylum seekers from reaching the country’s shores. It’s a choice between a government you know and a Labor opposition that you don’t,” he said in April as he called the election. After nearly four years at the helm, Mr. Morrison’s pitch to voters this time around is that he and his conservative coalition are the known quantities in a world full of economic and geopolitical uncertainty. But the government’s delays in procuring vaccines and Mr. Morrison’s remarks that securing jabs was “not a race,” ate away at what confidence had been restored. But his tenure hasn’t always been smooth, with moments that have tested the Australian public’s faith in his leadership and scandals that rocked his administration. He got his start through student politics at the University of Sydney, after which he worked for Labor politicians and in party roles. Wages have been slow to rise even with strong demand for workers and the unemployment rate dipping to the lowest rate in decades.

Election day creates a carnival atmosphere at polling booths across Australia, but beneath the bonhomie lies a serious decision -- and Saturday's vote has ...

"So it's a big stakes issue for the coalition." Morrison turned the mirror back on himself when he admitted during a news conference he could a bit of a "bulldozer" -- then vowed he would change. prompting a mass rally in 2021 by Australian women who called on the government to do better. "I was enraged," said Luke, a scientist who teaches climate resilience at Southern Cross University. At the time she was marking students' assignments about their lived experience of climate change. "The rage that I felt then led me to go, 'right there's an election coming up. The government says it backs a transition from coal to renewable energy, but has no plans to stop new coal projects. Meanwhile Labor says it's the only party who'll stick up for workers whose wages have stagnated even as inflation rises to a 20-year high. Not much separates the major parties on foreign policy, though Labor says it will rebuild relationships it accuses the coalition of damaging during its term. To date, just over 8,000 people have died in Australia from Covid, and around 50,000 new cases are being reported each day He shut the nation's borders for two years He cut his holiday short after two volunteer firefighters died Then, even bookmakers were caught off guard with SportsBet reportedly losing more than $5 million after paying out a Labor win two days early.

About 9 million people went to the polls early — an Australian record — leaving about 8 million to vote today. Follow live.

It's held by Justine Elliot with a margin of 4.1 per cent. "The economy is not in a good condition. If you want to own your own home by getting access to your superannuation, there's only one to do that and that's voting Liberal National today." But Green says we could have a good idea of how things are tracking by 7:30pm. When have elections been called in the past? How can we follow the results? Everything in life is a bonus. PUT LABOR LAST,” it reads. By Caitlyn Davey It takes a bit of digging to work out who is behind this one. By Caitlyn Davey By Caitlyn Davey

Australians head to the polling booths today to cast their votes for The Federal election on Saturday 21st May 2022.

Voting is compulsory in Australia and just over 17.2 million people have enrolled to vote according to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). Record numbers ...

That is something the government can do,” Tim, who preferred only to share his first name, told Al Jazeera ahead of voting in North Sydney. Whereas Scott Morrison, it just always feels like he is caring for himself and his own back and not putting the population first.” Record numbers of voters have already cast their ballots at early voting centres or via postal votes, and more than half of the total votes had been cast by Friday evening, according to the commission. “Childcare is a key issue for me. Many of the independent candidates in the election have campaigned solely on the basis of climate change, offering different solutions to the problem compared with the two major parties. Polls close across the country at 6pm, which is 08:00 GMT in Sydney and 10:00 GMT on the west coast.

Australians are now casting their votes to decide who will lead the nation for the next three years. Follow all the latest news and developments with RNZ's ...

Follow all the latest news and developments with RNZ's live blog. Follow all the latest news and developments with RNZ's live blog.

Australians are heading to the polls on Saturday, in what could be a close race over who will govern the country over the next three years.

Australians are voting in a national election on Saturday, with opinion polls showing the opposition Labor Party narrowly ahead of the ruling conservative ...

Stay up to date with the latest updates and find out who won Australia federal election with our live 2022 results tracker.

The aim of this is to show the potential policy outcomes of the election and what it actually will mean for peopleWe condensed each of the major party's policies into short position statements, and added how the positions of independents and minor parties align with these. We then condensed each of the major party's policies into short position statements, and added how the positions of independents and minor parties align with these. This is based on public policy statements where availableClimate changeMore ambitious targets for emissions reductions76 seats to win0Maintaining the current level of ambition on emissisons reductions76 seats to win0Unknown: 0Federal IcacMore powers, wider remit and public hearings76 seats to win0Fewer powers, narrower remit, closed hearings76 seats to win0Unknown: 0The SenateEach state has 12 senators, with half up for election. Seats are called from predictions based on voting data from the Australian Electoral Commission.Follow live updates in our Australia election blog 76 seats to winCoalitionLaborParty talliesShowing the current swing to and from parties compared with 2019, as well a % of total votesElectorates to watch: Use the search or click/tap on the map to see detailed electorate informationSupport quality, fearless journalism that is open to allAt this pivotal moment, fact-based journalism, free from commercial or political influence, is critical. Help us deliver the high-quality news and intelligent analysis Australia needs.Show your supportKey policiesIn this election there are two key policies dividing the Coalition, Labor party, Greens and 'teal' independents. Here, we track which of these policies are 'winning' or 'losing' based on seat counts.

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Labor supporters are growing more confident the party will be able to form a government, but uncertainty remains whether it will be a majority or minority.

"Communities are turning to alternatives to the major parties." "It is a big jump for someone who has always voted Liberal to make the jump to Labor. Finance Minister Simon Birmingham said the coalition had lost the "are you in touch" question in many electorates, while Labor had "failed to win the best able to govern". "There are a lot of results where the second place getter and the third place getter is not absolutely determined," he told the ABC. "We expect to be in a position to form government and hope to be in a position to form majority government," a spokesperson told AAP on Saturday night. With 40% of the vote counted, the coalition was on 35% of the primary vote to Labor's 31.6%.

In early counting, both major parties have struggled in various seats, but there appears to be strong support for independents, the Greens and other minor ...

Zali Steggall has retained the seat of Warringah on Sydney’s northern beaches. The Greens look to have had one of their best results. The Guardian has called this seat for Spender. In the seat of Brisbane, LNP MP Trevor Evans appears to have lost support, with Labor and the Greens in contention to take the seat. Labor looks set to win Higgins in Melbourne and Robertson in NSW from the Liberal party. In North Sydney, independent Kylea Tink looks a strong chance to take the seat from Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman.

Morrison said he had called incoming PM Anthony Albanese to congratulate him on his victory, and would be standing down as leader of the Liberals.

"Communities are turning to alternatives to the major parties." "It is a big jump for someone who has always voted Liberal to make the jump to Labor. Finance Minister Simon Birmingham said the coalition had lost the "are you in touch" question in many electorates, while Labor had "failed to win the best able to govern". "There are a lot of results where the second place getter and the third place getter is not absolutely determined," he told the ABC. "We expect to be in a position to form government and hope to be in a position to form majority government," a spokesperson told AAP on Saturday night. With 40% of the vote counted, the coalition was on 35% of the primary vote to Labor's 31.6%.

Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor Party has won the election, in a massive upset for Scott Morrison.

Labour is promising more spending on care for children and the elderly. Due to the pandemic, around half of Australia’s 17 million electors have voted early or applied for postal votes, which will likely slow the count. The result will be a harsh blow for Scott Morrison, who was the first person to hold onto the role for a full term since 2007.

Partial results showed Morrison's Liberal-National coalition had been punished by voters in Western Australia and affluent urban seats in particular.

Final results could take time as counting of a record number of postal votes is completed. “Tonight, I have spoken to the Leader of the Opposition and the incoming Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. And I’ve congratulated him on his election victory this evening,” Morrison said, stepping down as leader of his party. Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat after an election on Saturday and the opposition Labor Party was set to end almost a decade of conservative rule, possibly with the support of pro-environment independents.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has reportedly conceded to Anthony Albanese, who will return Labor from the political wilderness to government in ...

"I believe it's very important that this country has certainty. Labor has also picked up Liberal seats in Reid, in Sydney, and Chisholm, in Melbourne, while the Coalition has lost the seat of Ryan, in Brisbane, to the Greens. "And so, if we lose those seats, it is not certain that we will, but there is clearly a big movement against us and there is clearly a big message in it, and we need to heed that message." While it remains unclear if Labor can form a majority, the ALP is on track to finish ahead of the Coalition and more likely to reach a minority government, the ABC projected earlier in the night. I think it's very important this country can move forward, and particularly over the course of this week with the important meetings that are being held in Tokyo, I think it's vitally important that there's a very clear understanding about the government of this country." "Tonight, I've spoken to the Leader of the Opposition and the incoming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and I've congratulated him on his election victory."

Labor leader pledges to implement Uluru statement and to end climate wars, while Scott Morrison says he will stand down as Liberal leader after defeat.

Without Frydenberg in the Parliament, Peter Dutton is seen as the most likely MP to replace him as leader. “Every parent wants more for the next generation than they had. The Greens were expected to pick up the seat of Ryan from the Liberal party, and are neck and neck with the Labor party in the seats of Brisbane and Griffith. There could be as many as 16 MPs on the crossbench, a record number. Optimism, not fear and division. “Tonight the Australian people have voted for change.

Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor Party has won the election, in a massive upset for Scott Morrison.

Labour is promising more spending on care for children and the elderly. "It is proper to acknowledge the functioning of our democracy. With 40 per cent of the vote counted, the coalition was on 35 per cent of the primary vote to Labor's 32 per cent.

Anthony Albanese will be sworn in as Australia's 31st prime minister after winning the Australian election.

“What we have achieved here is extraordinary,” teal candidate and former foreign correspondent Zoe Daniels said in her victory speech. “It is a clear problem that we are losing seats that are heartland seats, that have defined the Liberal Party for generations,” Birmingham said. A record proportion of postal votes because of the pandemic, which won’t be added to the count until Sunday, adds to the uncertainty in early counting. Morrison's Liberal party-led coalition was seeking a fourth three-year term. Minor parties and independents appeared to be taking votes from the major parties, which increases the likelihood of a hung parliament and a minority government. It holds the narrowest of majorities – 76 seats in the 151-member House of Representatives, where parties need a majority to form a government.

The election might have been a win for Anthony Albanese, but it shows the discontent amongst voters, writes Australia correspondent Andrew Macfarlane.

Make no mistake, this is a win for Albanese, however Australians have sent a message that the two big parties need to shape up, or ship out. In an election where Australians have overwhelmingly sent the message that politicians need to change, and reflect real people, it’s hardly an exciting prospect. However, despite a change in government, the real winners of the election were the independent candidates, responsible for a 'teal torrent'.

Australian voters have delivered a sharp rebuke to the center-right government, ending nine years of conservative rule, in favor of the center-left ...

And he's going to be thrown into the mix of the Quad meeting next week. And I think that's what Australians want," he told the National Press Club in January. "He's presented himself as someone who's going to be a level-headed leader. The fact that that young kid is now running for Prime Minister says a lot about her and her courage, but it also says a lot about this country." Morrison was deeply unpopular with voters and seemed to acknowledge as much when he admitted during the last week of the campaign that he had been a "bit of a bulldozer." One of Albanese's first priorities as Prime Minister will be to rebuild relations with foreign leaders he says Morrison has neglected in recent years. They targeted traditionally safe Liberal seats, challenging voters to take a stand on decades of government inaction. Marija Taflaga, lecturer in politics and international relations at the Australian National University, said the swing towards the Greens was remarkable. Speaking to his supporters late Saturday night, Morrison said he had called Albanese and congratulated him on his election victory. "I will work every day to bring Australians together. He was referring to making hard decisions during the pandemic and severing a submarine deal with France, but it reflected claims about his leadership style as being more authoritarian than collaborative. Labor is currently sitting on around 70, according to the Australian Electoral Commission.