Two questions after Labor's victory in Australia
Australia's conservative coalition, in office since 1996, has been swept from power with a 6.3% electoral swing to Labor. Under's Australia's system (Alternative Vote for the House of Representatives, STV for the Senate), it takes a few days to get complete results, but the best estimates are that Labor will come out of the 24 November poll with an 86-64 majority in the House of Reps. Outgoing prime minister John Howard has lost his own seat. In the Senate, the best prediction is a sort of draw: Labor will have 32 seats, the Greens will have 5, and Family First (an anti-abortion group which...