11:41Bill Shorten and Ged Kearney have claimed victory in Batman in two rousing speeches, frequently interrupted by the crowd interrupting into chant or song. Shorten said he knew many voters were “disillusioned with politics as usual”. Kearney, speaking over chants of “Ged! Ged!”, said: “Oh, they said we’d never do it. Kearney is the first woman elected to the seat of Batman in its 110-year history, and brings the proportion of women in the federal Labor caucus to 48%.

Source: The Guardian March 17, 2018 07:03 UTC