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| Jason Clare: Labor leadership 'dance of death' to blame for election loss | Jason Clare: Labor leadership 'dance of death' to blame for election loss |
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| Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard's "dance of death" is to blame for the government's loss outgoing Labor minister Jason Clare has said as the party prepares to deal with the result of its election defeat. | Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard's "dance of death" is to blame for the government's loss outgoing Labor minister Jason Clare has said as the party prepares to deal with the result of its election defeat. |
| Clare, the MP for Blaxland and outgoing justice and home affairs minister, said the party now needed to go through a generational change and it was the right thing for Rudd to step down. | Clare, the MP for Blaxland and outgoing justice and home affairs minister, said the party now needed to go through a generational change and it was the right thing for Rudd to step down. |
| He said the "dance of death" between Rudd and his predecessor Julia Gillard had cost the Labor government – though the election night loss for the party would have been worse if Rudd had not assumed the leadership in June. | He said the "dance of death" between Rudd and his predecessor Julia Gillard had cost the Labor government – though the election night loss for the party would have been worse if Rudd had not assumed the leadership in June. |
| Gillard ousted Rudd in 2010 and he, in turn, deposed her earlier this year. | Gillard ousted Rudd in 2010 and he, in turn, deposed her earlier this year. |
| "My view is it's time for generational change," Clare said on Channel 10. "We need to put the Rudd and the Gillard era behind us." | "My view is it's time for generational change," Clare said on Channel 10. "We need to put the Rudd and the Gillard era behind us." |
| Clare said the party had to listen to Australia and called for Rudd to step down an hour before he did in his concession speech but Clare was not putting himself forward for the leadership. | Clare said the party had to listen to Australia and called for Rudd to step down an hour before he did in his concession speech but Clare was not putting himself forward for the leadership. |
| "That involves us putting that behind us – that conflict, that division that destroyed this government, that dance of death between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd," he said. | "That involves us putting that behind us – that conflict, that division that destroyed this government, that dance of death between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd," he said. |
| "It's up to people like me, this next generation of Labor politicians, to build the basis for a new government and earn the people of Australia's respect." | "It's up to people like me, this next generation of Labor politicians, to build the basis for a new government and earn the people of Australia's respect." |
| His comments came as Labor managed to hold on to seats which were almost written off in the lead up to the election. Despite the election loss, the projected decimation of Labor morphed into the loss of only a few seats with slight margins. | His comments came as Labor managed to hold on to seats which were almost written off in the lead up to the election. Despite the election loss, the projected decimation of Labor morphed into the loss of only a few seats with slight margins. |
| There were concerns the party would be annihilated in western Sydney and Queensland but they managed to hold on to some of the seats that had been on a knife-edge margin. | There were concerns the party would be annihilated in western Sydney and Queensland but they managed to hold on to some of the seats that had been on a knife-edge margin. |
| Eden-Monaro, a bellwether seat which has been won by whichever party formed government since 1972, looks to be held by Labor's Mike Kelly, who has 51% of the vote with 45% of the vote counted. | Eden-Monaro, a bellwether seat which has been won by whichever party formed government since 1972, looks to be held by Labor's Mike Kelly, who has 51% of the vote with 45% of the vote counted. |
| In western Sydney, Labor's Michelle Rowland looks likely to hold Greenway against a failed challenge from the Liberals' luckless Jaymes Diaz with a swing of 2.8% towards her and 62% of the vote counted. | In western Sydney, Labor's Michelle Rowland looks likely to hold Greenway against a failed challenge from the Liberals' luckless Jaymes Diaz with a swing of 2.8% towards her and 62% of the vote counted. |
| Outgoing treasurer Chris Bowen has suffered a 3.72% swing against him in his seat of McMahon with 61% of the vote counted – not enough for the Liberals to take the seat. | Outgoing treasurer Chris Bowen has suffered a 3.72% swing against him in his seat of McMahon with 61% of the vote counted – not enough for the Liberals to take the seat. |
| However, former treasurer and Gillard loyalist Wayne Swan was expected to lose his Queensland seat of Lilley, which he held with a margin of just over 3% but with 66% of the vote counted he had a swing of only 1.7% against him. | However, former treasurer and Gillard loyalist Wayne Swan was expected to lose his Queensland seat of Lilley, which he held with a margin of just over 3% but with 66% of the vote counted he had a swing of only 1.7% against him. |
| Moreton, one of the most marginal Labor seats in Queensland held by Graham Perrett on a margin of 1.1%, has had a swing of 1.42% towards Labor. | Moreton, one of the most marginal Labor seats in Queensland held by Graham Perrett on a margin of 1.1%, has had a swing of 1.42% towards Labor. |
| In western Sydney, the seat of Chifley held by Labor's Ed Husic on a margin of 12% had a swing of just 1.24% against Labor with 61% of the vote counted. | In western Sydney, the seat of Chifley held by Labor's Ed Husic on a margin of 12% had a swing of just 1.24% against Labor with 61% of the vote counted. |
| Outgoing youth affairs minister Kate Ellis retained her seat of Adelaide and referenced the Gillard-Rudd tension in the past three years saying the party would be silly if it did not learn the lessons from the election result. | Outgoing youth affairs minister Kate Ellis retained her seat of Adelaide and referenced the Gillard-Rudd tension in the past three years saying the party would be silly if it did not learn the lessons from the election result. |
| "The Australian public are very clearly saying that they want a government that is focused on them," she told the ABC. "They will not condone political parties who are focused too much on themselves." | "The Australian public are very clearly saying that they want a government that is focused on them," she told the ABC. "They will not condone political parties who are focused too much on themselves." |
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