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Yes curtin got 58% in 1943. This is labor’s best result since then.

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As it stands right now (10pm) Labor has achieved the biggest two party preferred result since Menzies in 1966. (56.9). It might slip below Fraser in 1975 (55.7) when all votes are counted. But it’s certainly labor’s best ever.

As it stands right now (10pm) Labor has achieved the biggest two party preferred result since Menzies in 1966. (56.9). It might slip below Fraser in 1975 (55.7) when all votes are counted. But it’s certainly labor’s best ever.

I repeat (it’s now 9.30) any chance the ABC can just once tell us what’s going on in Goldstein, Kooyong, Cowper, curtin, Bradfield. Any of the Teal seats? Can anybody else help me?

Labor could have 85 seats plus and the coalition could land in the 40s.

Only senator James McGrath has had a worse night than Peter Dutton. And hey ABC …teals!! Any chance of a second on that?

And Albanese won’t only be the first PM to win back to back elections since Howard he will be the first PM ever to increase his majority after a first election victory. Menzies, Howard, Hawke, Fraser did not.

You can say without a shadow of a doubt that this will be the Liberal Party’s worst result since Menzies formed the party.

Labor has a big lead in Petrie in QLD and they barely campaigned there.

Antony green says Labor is in front in 15 seats held by the coalition. Tony Barry says the coalition could end the night with just one seat in Melbourne.

Antony green says Labor could win all three seats from the greens in QLD even the one the coalition thought they would get back. This is all over. Labor wins the election and must be favoured to increase their majority.

The coalition primary vote (early for sure) is terrible. Labor could drop a couple to independents and still win with an increased majority. Likely to win more from the coalition than they lose to them, certainly in QLD.

Independents barely mentioned are likely to win seats from both major parties. Peter George in Franklin and Jessie price in Bean (both from Labor) are in with a big shot. How did the gallery miss Bean in the ACT?

I’ll try and keep you across updates as the night unfolds.

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