Australian state broadcaster calls clear win for Abbott in elections

Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott waits for his live interview outside a polling station in Sydney on Saturday, Sept 7, 2013. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Saturday called a clear win for the Tony Abbott-led conservative oppo
Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott waits for his live interview outside a polling station in Sydney on Saturday, Sept 7, 2013. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Saturday called a clear win for the Tony Abbott-led conservative opposition over Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Labor in national polls. -- PHOTO: AFP

SYDNEY (AFP) - The Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Saturday called a clear win for the Tony Abbott-led conservative opposition over Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Labor in national polls.

"The coalition is on a pretty secure 74 seats already. On that basis they're going to get a majority. I think we can say the government has been defeated," the state broadcaster's election analyst Antony Green said.

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