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August 21st, 2010, 07:49 AM
22:00 AEST Sat Aug 21 2010
By AAP with ninemsn staff
(full article) http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/election2010/7948851/election-result-too-close-to-call-says-exit-poll
Senior Labor and coalition MPs believe a hung parliament is the most likely outcome of the 2010 election.
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told ABC TV Labor looked unlikely to win the 76 seats it needed to govern in its own right.
Mr Smith said Labor was unlikely to make up the ground it needed in Western Australia to get to 76.
Liberal Nick Minchin, one of the coalition's most senior strategists, told ABC TV a hung parliament was "more and more likely.
"I can't yet find the 17 needed by the coalition," Senator Minchin said.
"I've got a net gain of 15 for the Liberal Party at the moment."
By AAP with ninemsn staff
(full article) http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/election2010/7948851/election-result-too-close-to-call-says-exit-poll
Senior Labor and coalition MPs believe a hung parliament is the most likely outcome of the 2010 election.
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told ABC TV Labor looked unlikely to win the 76 seats it needed to govern in its own right.
Mr Smith said Labor was unlikely to make up the ground it needed in Western Australia to get to 76.
Liberal Nick Minchin, one of the coalition's most senior strategists, told ABC TV a hung parliament was "more and more likely.
"I can't yet find the 17 needed by the coalition," Senator Minchin said.
"I've got a net gain of 15 for the Liberal Party at the moment."