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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat in a national election Saturday, saying, while vote counting was incomplete, the opposition Labor party looked likely to form a government.
"Tonight I have spoken to the Leader of the Opposition and the incoming Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, and I've congratulated him on his election victory this evening," Morrison said at a televised speech in Sydney.
Morrison added he would stand down as leader of the Liberal party.
The capitulation ends eight years and nine months in power for Morrison's conservative coalition. Morrison became prime minister in 2018 after several leadership changes.
Australians of all parties seemed to agree that the draconian and tyrannical COVID lockdowns, imposed for absolutely no valid medical or scientific reason, drove the election to a major power shift.
The level of outright abuse heaped upon average Australians, by government officials who were almost psychotic with crazed (and ultimately false) COVID claims, put the citizenry to the Ballot boxes and drove out the ruling government.
