Welcome to the 2010 Classic Rock Election Hub!

Gillard becomes Australia's first elected PM!

In what will go down as the most drawn post election period in Australia's history, Labor have fallen over the line to hold on to government for three more years.

Thanks to the support of independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, th Gillard government will have majority of just one, so any by-election in the coming years will make all involved very nervous.

While the original three independents said they would vote as a block, maverick Queensland MP Bob Katter decided to announce prior to the official announcement that he would support the Liberal National Coalition (and not the Labor/Greens/Independent coalition).

Australia- it's been a hell of a ride and we'd like to leave you with this tweet:

17 days of negotiation. No violence. No deaths. No injuries. No civil war. A new parliament decided. Not a bad system really. #ausvotes

Steve Remington

Latest Forum issues:

Paid Parental Leave- The policies from both parties.

Latest Polls:

Who do you prefer? if you had to choose between the two- who's got you vote- Gillard or Abbott?

Who will win. Not who you want to win, but who you think will win!

To debate or not? Tony Abbott says he's not available for a second leaders

debate.

Latest Forum issues

The Libs are working with the tobacco industry. Is this what we want to see in Australian politics?

Links:

Policy Guide side by side. 

Don't read filtered views of the policies- why not go directly to the source and read for yourself?

The Australian Labor Party.

The Liberal Party of Australia

Useful voting info:

Australian Electoral Commission voting guide

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