Coalition won 2013, but Hotham still ALP

The Coalition of the Liberal and National parties in Australia's federal election have won a majority in our lower federal house. But the Australian Labor Party (ALP) retains the seat of Hotham I live in.


Hopefully the Senate will be able to obstruct Abbot's likely cuts and wreckage of our country.

The ALP also "defied dire predictions and preserved its young talent, giving it a more solid foundation than most pundits predicted as it heads into opposition.

Young frontbenchers of the new generation whose seats were considered in danger, such as Chris Bowen, Kate Ellis and Jason Clare, will be returned to the next parliament."(1)

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(1): http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/labor-preserves-young-talent-despite-loss-20130907-2tcty.html#ixzz2eHEAWUcl