Australian Labour Leader Resigns After Shock Poll Defeat
Opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten (R)
concedes defeat along with his wife Chloe Shorten (L) in Melboune on May 18,
2019. WILLIAM WEST / AFP
Australian election favourite Bill Shorten
conceded defeat after his Labour party suffered a shock defeat in national
polls Saturday, saying he would resign as party leader.
“It is obvious that Labour will not be able
to form the next government”, Shorten told disbelieving supporters in
Melbourne.
“In the national interest, a short while ago
I called (Liberal leader, Prime Minister) Scott Morrison to congratulate him,”
he said.
“Tell this to the Nigerian APC power drunks”
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