Explainer 166: Was Australia’s shock election result really that shocking?
Publisher |
Monocle
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
News & Politics
Roundtable
Categories Via RSS |
News
Politics
Publication Date |
May 22, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:06:13
As the results of Australia’s federal election were counted on Saturday night, those expecting a win for the left-wing Labor party had a bit of a shock. Despite years of opinion polls suggesting that opposition leader Bill Shorten only had to turn up, power was retained by conservative prime minister Scott Morrison and his Liberal party. But was it really the surprise that it seemed?

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