Directly after the June 24 caucus meeting, Senator Michael Forshaw told media , "the new leader elected unopposed is Julia Gillard and the deputy will be Wayne Swan." The "leadership spill", as this scenario is known, occurred at 9:00am Australian Eastern Standard Time that morning ( 11:00 pm UTC the previous day). According to reports, there was no ballot after Rudd pulled out. Australia's three major parties, the ALP , the coalition of the Liberal and National parties and the Greens , came together to encourage young people to enroll to vote. To win the election, the Coalition (Liberal-National parties) will need to gain 17 extra seats, with a recent opinion poll (Newspoll) tipping Labor in a two party preferred category, 53-47.
Directly after the June 24 meeting, Senator Michael Forshaw told media , "the new leader elected unopposed is Julia Gillard and the deputy will be Wayne Swan." The "leadership spill", as this scenario is known, occurred at 9:00am that morning ( 2300 the previous day). According to reports, there was no ballot after Rudd pulled out. Australia's three major parties, the , the coalition of the and parties and the , came together to encourage young people to enroll to vote. To win the election, the Coalition (Liberal-National parties) will need to gain 17 extra seats, with a recent opinion poll (Newspoll) tipping Labor in a two party preferred category, 53–47.
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53-47.
53–47.