Julia Gillard, Australia’s prime minister, will push to form a minority-led government after her Labor party suffered a severe backlash in weekend elections that paved the way for the country’s first hung parliament in seven decades.
Projections yesterday showed Labor winning 72 seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament with Tony Abbott’s conservative coalition expected to hold 73 seats. The final outcome is subject to pending counts and postal votes.
The tight election means a handful of independents and a lone Green parliamentarian are likely to become king-makers as 76 seats are needed to form a government.
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