“SYDNEY (AP) — A jubilant Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed Sunday to get straight back to work after a shock election victory by his conservative government that has left bewildered voters wondering how they were taken by surprise.

The opposition Labor Party, meanwhile, began another bout of post-election soul searching while starting the task of finding a new leader, after Bill Shorten stepped down following an emphatic defeat Saturday in a poll many had seen as unlosable for his party.

Center-left Labor, which has governed Australia for only 38 of its 118 years as a federation, was rated an overwhelming favorite, both in opinion polls and with odds-makers, to topple the conservative Liberal-National coalition government after its six years in power.

Instead, Morrison — who became prime minister only last August when a contentious internal party vote dumped Malcolm Turnbull as its leader — swept the coalition to victory with what is likely to be an increased representation in Parliament…”

https://apnews.com/80fb51ab2fae4499915b01b0d28aa1ee

it must have been Russian interference

Yup, somebody colluded.

that's got to be it

What next - they will probably obstruct too.

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Originally posted by side_shot:
it must have been Russian interference

And that evil FOX News. You know how they distort everything.

Ignore all polls. Ignore them entirely. There will be plenty of opportunities for me to say this in the next year and a half.

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...that has left bewildered voters wondering how they were taken by surprise.

Umm, because the media has been lying to them? Just like they do over here.

Just about the entirety of Australian news and punditry is located within the Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne triangle. No surprise then their news isn't celebrating the results but, instead focusing on the shock and soul searching.

Hope they're able to resist the temptations of China and their bribery and meddling of Aus economy.

From what I understand Climate Change was a huge part of Labor's campaign. There is some big coal project labor wanted to kill in Queensland called the Adani project. Lets hope the left in this country takes the Green New Deal and runs with it front and center.