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class="cnn_strylctcntr"> <div><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS</strong></div> <ul class="cnn_bulletbin cnnStryHghLght">  <li>Tony Abbott pledges competent and trustworthy government </li> <li>Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd concedes election defeat</li> <li>Win ends Labor's six years in power under Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard</li> <li>Voting is compulsory in Australia, fines issued for people over 18 who fail to do so</li>  </ul> </div></div> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt adtag15090"> </div>  <p><strong>(CNN)</strong> -- The winner of Australia's election, Tony Abbott, on Saturday pledged to form a competent and trustworthy government after he defeated Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2">"I can inform you that the government of Australia has changed," the conservative challenger told supporters. "For just the seventh time in 60 years the government of Australia has changed.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3">"I now look forward to forming a government that is competent, that is trustworthy, and which purposely and steadfastly and methodically sets about delivering on our commitments to you, the Australian people."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/05/world/asia/australia-abbott-profile/index.html">READ MORE: Tony Abbott: Australia's next leader</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5">Although final results had yet to come in, Rudd said he had telephoned <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/05/world/asia/australia-abbott-profile/index.html">Abbott</a> to concede defeat. 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"Tonight is the time to unite in the great Australian nation," he said. "Because whatever our politics may be, we are all first and foremost Australian."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7">"I know that Labor hearts are heavy across the nation tonight. And as your prime minister and as your parliamentary leader of the great Australian Labor party, I accept responsibility. I gave it my all, but it was not enough for us to win. I'm proud that despite all the profits of doom, that we have preserved our federal parliamentary labor party as a viable fighting force for the future."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8">According to the Australian Election Commission, Abbott's Liberal-National Coalition won 86 seats in the House of Representatives, against Labor's 57. Any group that wins 76 seats or more can form a simple majority.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9">The Coalition win ends six years of Labor Party rule under Rudd and Julia Gillard who deposed each other in successive leadership challenges.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/05/world/asia/australia-election-abbott-gaffes/index.html">READ MORE: Best Australian election gaffes</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11">Before the vote, commentators said the Australian electorate had tired of the apparent disunity within the Labor Party, and were looking for change. "Rudd's had his turn," one voter told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on polling day<strong>.</strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12"><strong>Rudd's return fails </strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13">Back in June, Rudd's Labor colleagues had hoped he'd bring the same magic to the polls demonstrated in 2007 when he defeated the former Liberal leader John Howard.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14">However, the early lift Rudd brought to the election race quickly faded, and in the final days of the campaign the Labor leader was vowing he'd fight to the end.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15">Rudd kept a low profile on election day, prompting speculation about when he would turn up to vote.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16">When he finally arrived at a polling station in Brisbane, hecklers shouted slogans slamming the government's plan to send asylum seekers for offshore processing.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17">"Hey Kevin we're talking to you, not PNG, not Nauru," they shouted.</p> <script> var currExpandable="expand118"; 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The international quandary over the scale of any military response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria seems to have been set aside, for now.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21">Abbott has indicated that, as Australian prime minister, he'd take a cautious approach to any involvement in foreign conflicts.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22">"I just think we need to be very careful in a situation like this cause we can easily make a bad situation worse by acting precipitously," <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/tony-abbott-urges-caution-over-syria-intervention-20130902-2t16f.html#ixzz2eHdCz45K" target="_blank">Abbott told the ABC.</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph23">"I don't think we should be getting above ourselves here. We are a significant middle power but no more," he added.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph24"><strong>It's the economy...</strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph25">In the final days of the campaign, Rudd tried to win over voters with the promise of more jobs, painting Abbott's planned budget cuts as a sure way to send the economy into recession.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph26">In a bid to emphasize his government's economic credentials, Rudd <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-04/kevin-rudd-seizes-on-gdp-growth-figures/4934966" target="_blank">seized upon</a> the latest GDP figures released earlier this week showing an annual growth rate of 2.6%.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph27">"As of this year, since we came to office in 2007, the Australian economy is 15% bigger than it was," Rudd said. "I draw to your attention the fact that the British economy has shrunk 3% over that time."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph28">Under Abbott, the government would find billions of dollars in budget cuts, including slashing $4.5 billion (US$4.1 billion) from foreign aid over the next six years. Money saved would be spent on infrastructure projects including motorway upgrades, in a decision slammed by aid groups.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph29">"We are a strong OECD country, yet we are fast becoming the least generous when it comes to reducing global poverty," said <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605/http://www.unicef.org.au/Media/Media-Releases/September-2013/Coalition-fails-to-listen-to-voters-on-foreign-aid.aspx" target="_blank">Norman Gillespie, the CEO of UNICEF Australia</a>.</p> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylctcquote"><div class="cnn_strylctcqcntr"> <div>As of this year, since we came to office in 2007, the Australian economy is 15% bigger than it was.<br/><span>Kevin Rudd, Australian prime minister</span></div> </div></div></div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph30">Paired with Abbott's budget cuts is a generous maternity plan pitched to female voters despite opposition from big business and from within his own party. Mothers would be given up to $75,000 (US$68,490) for six months' maternity leave at a total cost of $5.5 billion (US$5.01 billion) each year.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph31"><strong>Other key issues, alternatives</strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph32">Aside from business, the two main candidates were separated by their views on same-sex marriage. Rudd is firmly for it, Abbott, a former Catholic seminarian, insists that marriage should be between a man and a woman.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph33">However they were much closer on the issue of asylum seekers. Both main parties advocate sending people who arrive by boat to offshore processing centers where most, if not all, would be potentially resettled if found to be refugees.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph34"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/03/opinion/australia-asylum-seekers-mcadam/index.html">READ MORE: Australian parties in 'race to bottom' on asylum</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph35"><strong>Other winners, losers </strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph36">WikiLeaks founder and the leader of the WikiLeaks Party, Julian Assange, failed in his long distance bid for a seat in the Australian Senate.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph37">Assange, who co-ordinated his campaign from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London where he's been holed-up for fear of arrest and extradition, said under the circumstances he was happy with the outcome.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph38">"I think it's a great result. The party was registered in July -- three months ago. It's had its leader and primary candidate stuck in an overseas embassy for 400 days in a foreign country, nine hours time difference and with an international banking blockade against it," Assange told the ABC.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph39">He said the WikiLeaks Party, which earned about<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605/http://vtr.aec.gov.au/SenateStateFirstPrefs-17496-VIC.htm" target="_blank"> 1% of the votes in the state of Victoria</a>, would survive to contest the next election.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph40">Meanwhile, reports suggested another outspoken leader of his own party, Clive Palmer, was on track to win a Senate seat.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph41">The mining billionaire, perhaps best known outside Australia for his plans to build a replica of the Titanic, founded his Palmer United Party just four months ago. On Sunday, he claimed that preferences from his party <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/election-2013/clive-palmer-says-he-secured-abbotts-election-win/story-fn9qr68y-1226714604464" target="_blank">helped secure Abbott's win.</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph42">Other parties vying for votes included the No Carbon Tax Climate Sceptics Party, the Voluntary Euthanasia Party, the Sex Party, the Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party and the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party. 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One thing guaranteed to get the electorate talking ahead of any vote is a steady stream of cringe-inducing moments.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/03/opinion/australia-asylum-seekers-mcadam/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Parties in 'race to bottom' on asylum</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> September 4, 2013 -- Updated 0857 GMT (1657 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/03/opinion/australia-asylum-seekers-mcadam/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130724102130-australia-boat-ciduan-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">It might be surprising that in a country as wealthy, multicultural and big as Australia, one of the key election battles is about asylum seekers, writes Jane McAdam.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/03/world/asia/australia-refugee-ranjini-indefinite-detention/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Refugee seeks freedom in High Court </a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> September 3, 2013 -- Updated 2309 GMT (0709 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/03/world/asia/australia-refugee-ranjini-indefinite-detention/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130111014245-ranjini-australia-detainee-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">A refugee and mother of three young boys who is being held in indefinite detention in Australia is taking her bid for freedom to the country's highest court.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/23/world/asia/australia-election-gender-war-abbott/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Has 'sexist' Abbott sunk 'gender war'?</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> August 23, 2013 -- Updated 0806 GMT (1606 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/23/world/asia/australia-election-gender-war-abbott/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130823032059-abbott-gillard-parliament-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Tony Abbott is an unreconstructed male who loves sport, likes a beer and bravely tries to don the garb of man who cares about women, writes Amanda Wilson.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2013/08/26/shubert-assange-election-video.cnn.html?iid=article_sidebar">WikiLeaks Assange in spoof video</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> August 27, 2013 -- Updated 1127 GMT (1927 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2013/08/26/shubert-assange-election-video.cnn.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130826135034-shubert-assange-election-video-00013420-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a spoof election video as part of his bid for an Australian Senate seat.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/11/world/australia-politician-blunders/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Candidate quits after Islam gaffe</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> August 12, 2013 -- Updated 1406 GMT (2206 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/11/world/australia-politician-blunders/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130811101710-australian-flag-file-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">A candidate in Australia's parliamentary elections referred to Islam as a country. As a result, she's now referred to as a former candidate. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/05/world/asia/australia-elections-issues/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Issue: Asylum, Internet, economy</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> August 5, 2013 -- Updated 0828 GMT (1628 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/05/world/asia/australia-elections-issues/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130805021206-australia-elections-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Australians go to the polls to vote on policies as diverse as how the country polices its borders and plans to connect every part of the vast continent to the Internet.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/19/business/australia-election-india-uranium/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">The great uranium sale debate </a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> August 20, 2013 -- Updated 0220 GMT (1020 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/19/business/australia-election-india-uranium/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130816042900-abbott-tony-australia-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">If he's elected prime minister, Tony Abbott is expected to open the gates for the start of uranium exports to India. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> 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class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2013/08/08/pkg-kid-photobombs-politician-australia.seven-network.html?iid=article_sidebar">Little boy photobombs PM Rudd</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> August 8, 2013 -- Updated 2125 GMT (0525 HKT) </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130910224605/http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2013/08/08/pkg-kid-photobombs-politician-australia.seven-network.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130910224605im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130808170608-pkg-kid-photobombs-politician-australia-00000707-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">A young boy in Australia makes some funny faces behind Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and the photographs have gone viral.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div 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