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Sounds like the Greens are doing very well, based on the counting so far. Nearly 13% of the vote. Labour looks to have a ~5% lead over the Coalition.
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Labor has won but it is unknown if they can form a majority government.
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A little more detail:

Australian Labor Party Projected to Defeat Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Coalition
May 21, 2022

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(DW) Australia's Labor Party has emerged victorious in federal elections on Saturday, ousting Prime Minister Scott Morrison's coalition, according to projections by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Labor Anthony Albanese is expected to become the country's new prime minister, however it is still not clear whether his party will command a majority in its own right or whether it will need to form a minority government.

Minor parties and independents were scoring unusually well, increasing the chances of a hung parliament and minority government. A record number of postal ballots, owing to the COVID pandemic, will also not be counted until Sunday, which could become a factor in close local races.

Who are the main candidates?

The Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese urged people to turn away from a "divisive" Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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The third candidate is Adam Bandt of the Greens Party.
Source: https://www.dw.com/en/australian-labor- ... a-61885165
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Labor leader Anthony Albanese to become Australia's next Prime Minister, networks report
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Brisbane (CNN) Australian Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese is set to become the country's next Prime Minister after voters turned their backs on Liberal leader Scott Morrison after just one term in office, according to projections from three news networks. Albanese appeared certain to form a minority government, though it was unclear as counting continued if the party would have enough seats for a majority, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 7 News and Sky News Australia reported.

Parties need a majority of 76 seats to form a majority government. Labor is currently sitting on 73, according to the Australian Electoral Commission. Albanese served as a minister in the previous Labor government under prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, before taking over as Labor leader after the party's most recent election loss in 2019. That loss knocked the wind out of Labor and they returned to this election campaign with more modest promises to avoid scaring off voters worried about radical change.

Rather than a competition of policies, this election focused on the character of the leaders -- Morrison has been dogged by accusations of dishonesty, not least from French President Emmanuel Macron. "I don't think, I know," Macron replied when asked if he thought Morrison had lied to him over a scrapped $90 billion submarine deal in favor of the AUKUS security pact with the United States and the United Kingdom. Morrison was deeply unpopular with voters and seemed to acknowledge as much when he admitted during the last week of the campaign that he had been a "bit of a bulldozer."

He was referring to making hard decisions during the pandemic and severing the deal with France, but it reflected claims about his leadership style as being more authoritarian than collaborative. Morrison told prospective voters that he'd change: "I know there are things that are going to have to change with the way I do things." Albanese immediately picked up on worksite analogy, retorting that he was a "builder" -- "If I'm elected Prime Minister, I will build things in this country," he added.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/21/aust ... index.html
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Result's very good.
Majority government for Labor is likely though not certain. Huge turnout for the Greens and minor parties.
The sentiment I get is that people are not happy with either of the "big two", although the choice is still clear when made to pick between them.
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As with the CNN article linked above, and the comment by Matt, Common Dreams also notes the gains by the Greens as well as the importance of the climate issue:

Australian Progressives Hail 'Greenslide' Amid Big Left Wins and Morrison's Ouster
by Brett Wilkins
May 21, 2022

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(Common Dreams) In stark contrast to the administration of fossil fuel champion Morrison, Albanese said that "together we can end the climate wars. Together we can take advantage of the opportunity for Australia to be a renewable energy superpower."

Amanda McKenzie, CEO of the research group the Climate Council, declared that the real winner in Saturday's election was climate action.

"Millions of Australians have put climate first," she said in a statement. "Now, it's time for a radical reset on how this great nation of ours acts upon the climate challenge."

With uncertainty over whether Labor would control the 76 seats needed to form a parliamentary majority—the party held 72 seats as of Saturday evening—Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt, who was re-elected in his Melbourne House district by more than 20 points over Labor challenger Keir Paterson, signaled his party is "willing to talk" with Albanese about a possible coalition.

"The Greens are on track for our best result ever," Bandt told The Guardian, which reports the party's primary vote has increased nationally by 1.9% to 12.3%. "People have backed the Greens in record numbers and delivered a massive mandate for action on climate and inequality."
Source: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/ ... ons-ouster
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