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yesterday 5.50pm
‘It hasn’t been an overnight success’: Watt on Labor gains in Queensland Senior Labor senator Murray Watt has praised the leadership of Anthony Albanese and the success of the party in Queensland, as the government is on track to gain at least seven seats in the state.
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Labor beat the Greens in the electorates of Brisbane and Griffith, with Stephen Bates and Max Chandler-Mather expected to lose their positions. Challenger Ali France unseated Peter Dutton in his home seat of Dickson too.
“People did really focus on the federal issues and the federal leaders … we recognised that we needed to make a bigger contribution to the federal caucus, and frankly to retain government federally we needed to win seats in Queensland,” Watt said on ABC’s Afternoon Briefing.
Watt compared Labor’s success on Saturday to the 2007 win under Kevin Rudd, saying there are probably even more seats to be added to the government’s majority.
“I think this is the best federal campaign Labor has run since 2007, and it looks like the result might be stronger still than then,” Watt said. “A terrific result. Full credit to the prime minister for his leadership.
“It’s taken a lot of hard work. It hasn’t been an overnight success.”
yesterday 5.34pm
Battin backs federal Liberal rebuild By Gemma Grant Victorian Liberal leader Brad Battin has said he is confident that his federal colleagues can rebuild, and he trusts Australian voters to understand the difference between state and federal politics.
“Obviously [Dutton’s] policies weren’t enough to get him over the line. But he was talking about the petrol excise, he was talking about what different things they could do for Victorians and Australians,” Battin said
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