On the Scene: Australian for Upset

IN March 1996, Australia’s Labor government, led by Prime Minister Paul Keating, was defeated by the Coalition (Liberal and National) parties in the greatest electoral landslide in 65 years.

Yet early in the vote count all eyes were diverted from this national outcome to focus on the truly remarkable result unfolding in the district of Oxley, centered on the town of Ipswich, near Brisbane in the state of Queensland.

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IN March 1996, Australia’s Labor government, led by Prime Minister Paul Keating, was defeated by the Coalition (Liberal and National) parties in the greatest electoral landslide in 65 years.

Yet early in the vote count all eyes were diverted from this national outcome to focus on the truly remarkable result unfolding in the district of Oxley, centered on the town of Ipswich, near Brisbane in the state of Queensland.