Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull urged to quit after cliff-hanger election

Mr Turnbull said he and his colleagues had to acknowledge the success of the so-called “Mediscare” campaign, which he said tricked many Australians into voting for Labor.

Mr Cory Bernardi, an outspoken conservative and long-term critic of Mr Turnbull, said the Prime Minister should consider “if he did the Liberal Party a service or a disservice”.

If the ruling Coalition led by Turnbull winds up with fewer than 76 seats, it would need to negotiate with independents and minor parties to stay in power.

“We will work with the Liberals, we will work with the crossbenchers and the minor parties because this country and this Parliament is too important to fall foul of needless partisanship, but we won’t compromise our principles and policies program”, he said. Our own included. We note that.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is followed by a televsion camerman as he walks to his ca … There are lessons to be learned from this election.

Mr Turnbull said again that Labor’s repeated claims that the conservative government planned to privatise the public health system, Medicare, were a “grotesque lie”.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-With Australia’s government in chaos amid a dramatic national election that failed to deliver an immediate victor, the country’s opposition leader called on Monday for the prime minister to resign, dubbing him “the David Cameron of the southern hemisphere”.

Mr Shorten claimed senate reforms had allowed controversial One Nation senators to find a seat in the Upper House, making way for minority parties instead of uniting the Coalition.

“All the votes have been cast and it’s now simply a matter to count them so we’re just awaiting that”.

The government and the opposition Labour Party are now each short of the 76 seats needed to govern, and with the vote count ongoing, there is the prospect of a hung parliament.

The nation faces days of political paralysis after the weekend election failed to produce a clear victor.

“I’m looking forward to a Parliament where we can work closely with the independents in the House of Representatives and in the Senate whether we form a majority government or minority government”, she said. “He obviously couldn’t think of anything else better to say”.

While a snap House-only election within months remains a possibility if neither side reaches a majority and can not achieve stability, neither side is likely to favour it and neither would voters. Turnbull and Shorten on Sunday started negotiations with them.

But ANZ head of Australian economics Felicity Emmett says mounting uncertainties – through the election and Brexit – may pose some downside risks to the employment outlook later in the year.

However, most pundits agree that even if that does happen, it will be the slimmest of majorities and that a hung parliament is a very likely result.

“What we have to recognise is that many Australians were troubled by it”, he said.

Conservative factions of the coalition have already hinted at discontent within the party; the ABC reported that anonymous sources would have no issue ousting Turnbull at a partyroom meeting if he “sells out” the conservative principles of the party while brokering a deal with independent MPs.

The new member for the Sydney seat of Macarthur, Labor candidate Mike Freelander, said Turnbull’s rise to power may have impacted the election outcome.