Australian Federal Election Betting Guide (Odds, Contenders, History)

Australian Election Headlines

• The 2022 Australian Election proved not quite as close as the online bookies had predicted, with Labour winning easily

• Antony Albanese will be the new Prime Minister. 

• However, the major story was the rise of the "teals" who are socially progressive independent candidates.  

New Prime Minister Antony Albanese

 Image: Paul Braven/AAP

Prime Minister Scott Morrison resigned as Liberal leader after losing the election.

Image: Australian Embassy Jakarta/via Wikimedia Commons

Australian Political Parties

• Below you can see how the bookmakers priced up the Australian Federal Election and how the odds changed.

• The coalition has been running Australia since 2013 and when they were triumphant at the 2019 election it came as something of a surprise to the leading bookmakers who had the Labour Party ahead.
• Scott Morrison the leader of the Liberal Party has been Prime Minister since 2018
• You can see below the 2019 election results and how the seats were won and divided. 
• The 77 seats (44, 23,10) won by the Liberal, Liberal-National and National parties were enough to form the coalition government. 
• In the 2022 election, the smaller parties could well be the kingmakers.