Andrew Barr's Labor party has been returned for an historic seventh term in government in the act. The election also saw the return of independents to the territory's parliament.
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00:00There was a fair amount of optimism from the Canberra Liberals early in the evening, but
00:05as the night wore on, things went Labor's way.
00:09The party retaining 10 of its seats in the 25-member Legislative Assembly.
00:14Despite Greens Ministers Rebecca Vazirotti and Emma Davidson losing their seats, the
00:20Greens were able to hang on to some seats, including that of leader Shane Rattenbury,
00:24and independents were elected, including Tom Emerson, the son of former Labor Federal
00:30politician Craig Emerson, and Fiona Carrick, the former head of the Woden Valley Community
00:35Council, opening the way to Labor to form a coalition government.
00:39There's a little bit of counting to go, but it does look that the crossbench will be five,
00:47and five people who hold progressive values, and whose natural partner would be a Labor
00:54government.
00:55They're a few political duos that I think that have forged and maintained a relationship
01:02as long as Andrew and Shane, and they certainly have cemented themselves in the history books
01:10as they embark perhaps on another coalition government.
01:15The election count will continue over the coming days, and some of the results could
01:19change, but in the meantime there'll be some soul-searching from the Canberra Liberals
01:24about why they're now facing a seventh term in opposition.