Aussie PM dumped by own party

[Mark Stapleton]

Thanks for those articles and websites, Ed, Magda and Mark. All good stuff.

Well it's election day today, and it's a very close result, with neither major party likely to be able to form a government without the cooperation of one or two independents or greens. Which may not be such a bad thing.

So sick of the election campaign, so glad it's over.

73-72, 4 Independents and a Green in a 150 seat Lower House. Nine Greens in a 76 seat Senate. It's a great result from where I sit.

The two party system in Australia is as dead as a dodo--at last.

The conservatives are squealing about it. Piers Ackerman is calling for another election. It's very funny.