Australian Labor Party Concedes to Liberal Coalition
Elections are held either to keep an incumbent administration and let specific people in position or to change government and unseat some politicians. For Australia, it is the latter that applies after its recent election.
Australian Labor Party, the one that controls the government, was overpowered last Saturday during the election. Australian Labor Party lost to the Liberal Coalition in the state of New South Wales-a state that has been under it for 16 long years.
The officials of the party coined the event a “massacre”. Liberal Coalition only needed a 7 per cent swing to win the elections over Australia Labor Party. But the swing reached a whopping 17 per cent. New South Wales outgoing Kristina Keneally has conceded to Barry O’Farrell of the Liberal Coalition.
“This is the victory for everyone who wanted to make New South Wales number one again. We won’t let you down,” was the statement of O’Farrell to the supporters in claiming victory.
Keneally, on the other hand, has accepted the will of the people with humility and grace. She further added that the people of New South Wales have been with them for 16 years and that they never left her and the party. It was they who left them.
Luke Foley of the Labor upper house said that the defeat was a massacre and that it was a slaughter that none of them had ever seen.
“The heartland has gone. We’ll save some sticks of furniture. Seats we’ve never ever lost we will lose tonight,” Foley added as he gave a statement to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
This change of administration brings hope to many Australians of a better government. For them, change has to be initiated in order for progress to happen to their country.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110326/wl_asia_afp/australiapolitics
