ABC news report of the Tampa affair and its political context, October 2001.
Throughout much of 2001, the Coalition had been trailing Labor in opinion polls, thanks to dissatisfaction with the government's economic reform programme and high petrol prices.[citation needed] The opposition Australian Labor Party had won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote at the previous election and had won a series of state and territory elections. Labor also recorded positive swings in two by-elections, taking the Queensland seat of Ryan and coming close in Aston.
In fact, voter concern with terrorism in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in the United States was noted, with the rise in the combined primary votes of the major parties from 79.61% at the previous election in 1998, to 81.17% at this election. There would be further increases in the combined major party primary vote in 2004 and 2007.
Another major issue was the collapse of the country's second-biggest airline Ansett Australia and the question of whether it should be given a bailout. The Coalition was opposed to any bailout because the collapse was not the government's fault.[citation needed] However, Labor supported a bailout, because the company's collapse was about to result in the biggest mass job loss in Australian history, whilst also arguing that the government was partially responsible for allowing Ansett to be taken over by Air New Zealand, a move which had caused Ansett's failure.[2] Although the two-party preferred result was reasonably close, the ALP recorded its lowest primary vote since 1934.[3]
Political scientists[who?] have suggested that television coverage has subtly transformed the political system, with a spotlight on leaders rather than parties, thereby making for more of an American presidential-style system. In this election, television news focused on international issues, especially terrorism and asylum seekers. Minor parties were largely ignored as the two main parties monopolised the media's attention. The election was depicted as a horse-race between Howard and Beazley, with Howard running ahead and therefore being given more coverage than his Labor rival.[4]
The disproportionality of the lower house in the 2004 election was 8.67 according to the Gallagher Index, mainly between the Liberal and Green Parties.The disproportionality of the lower house in the 2001 election was 9.43 according to the Gallagher Index, mainly between the Coalition and Labor Parties.
The Nationals had candidates in 14 seats where three-cornered-contests existed, with 87.34% of preferences favouring the Liberal Party.
The Democrats contested 145 electorates with preferences favouring Labor (64.13%).
The Greens contested 145 electorates with preferences strongly favouring Labor (74.83%).
One Nation contested 120 electorates with preferences slightly favouring the Liberal/National Coalition (55.87%).
Seats changing handsEdit
The following table indicates seats that changed hands from one party to another at this election. It compares the election results with the previous margins, taking into account redistributions in New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and both territories. As a result, it includes the seats of Macarthur and Parramatta, which were held by Liberal members but had notional Labor margins. The table also includes the new seat of Hasluck (retained by Labor); the abolished Northern Territory, which was divided into Lingiari (retained by Labor) and Solomon (retained by the CLP); and Paterson, a Labor seat made Liberal by the redistribution
^ abShayne Murphy had resigned from the Labor Party on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent.
^For seats that were affected by the redistribution the Australian Electoral Commission calculated "notional" margins for the redistributed divisions by modelling the outcome of the previous election as if the new boundaries had been in place.[7]
^Issues that swung elections: Tampa and the national security election of 2001 The Conversation
^. Abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
^"australianpolitics.com". australianpolitics.com. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
^David Denemark, Ian Ward, and Clive Bean, Election Campaigns and Television News Coverage: The Case of the 2001 Australian Election. Australian Journal of Political Science. (2007) 42#1 pp: 89–109 online
^. Polling.newspoll.com.au.tmp.anchor.net.au. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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^"Electoral Newsfile 97: Seat Status including notional seat status for SA, NSW, Tas, WA and NT Divisions". Australian Electoral Commission. 2001.
External linksEdit
Australian Electoral Commission Results
University of WA 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine election results in Australia since 1890
AEC 2PP vote
AustralianPolitics.com election details
Preference flows – ABC
October 16, 2023
2001, australian, federal, election, held, australia, november, 2001, seats, house, representatives, seats, member, senate, were, election, incumbent, liberal, party, australia, prime, minister, australia, john, howard, coalition, partner, national, party, aus. The 2001 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 10 November 2001 All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76 member Senate were up for election The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by John Anderson defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley Future Opposition Leader Peter Dutton entered parliament at this election 2001 Australian federal election 1998 10 November 2001 2001 11 10 2004 outgoing memberselected members All 150 seats in the House of Representatives76 seats were needed for a majority in the House40 of the 76 seats in the SenateRegistered12 708 837 4 56 Turnout12 054 664 94 85 0 14 pp First party Second party Leader John Howard Kim BeazleyParty Liberal National coalition LaborLeader since 30 January 1995 1995 01 30 19 March 1996 1996 03 19 Leader s seat Bennelong NSW Brand WA Last election 80 seats 67 seatsSeats won 82 seats 65 seatsSeat change 2 2First preference vote 4 934 959 4 341 420Percentage 42 92 37 84 Swing 3 41 2 26 TPP 51 03 48 97 TPP swing 2 01 2 01Results by division for the House of Representatives shaded by winning party s margin of victory Prime Minister before electionJohn HowardLiberal National coalition Subsequent Prime Minister John HowardLiberal National coalition Contents 1 Background 2 Results 2 1 House of Representatives results 2 2 Senate results 3 House of Representatives preference flows 4 Seats changing hands 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksBackground Edit source source ABC news report of the Tampa affair and its political context October 2001 Throughout much of 2001 the Coalition had been trailing Labor in opinion polls thanks to dissatisfaction with the government s economic reform programme and high petrol prices citation needed The opposition Australian Labor Party had won a majority of the two party preferred vote at the previous election and had won a series of state and territory elections Labor also recorded positive swings in two by elections taking the Queensland seat of Ryan and coming close in Aston However following the September 11 attacks and the Children Overboard and Tampa affairs Polls swung strongly toward the coalition after the Tampa controversy but before the 11 September attacks 1 In fact voter concern with terrorism in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in the United States was noted with the rise in the combined primary votes of the major parties from 79 61 at the previous election in 1998 to 81 17 at this election There would be further increases in the combined major party primary vote in 2004 and 2007 Another major issue was the collapse of the country s second biggest airline Ansett Australia and the question of whether it should be given a bailout The Coalition was opposed to any bailout because the collapse was not the government s fault citation needed However Labor supported a bailout because the company s collapse was about to result in the biggest mass job loss in Australian history whilst also arguing that the government was partially responsible for allowing Ansett to be taken over by Air New Zealand a move which had caused Ansett s failure 2 Although the two party preferred result was reasonably close the ALP recorded its lowest primary vote since 1934 3 Political scientists who have suggested that television coverage has subtly transformed the political system with a spotlight on leaders rather than parties thereby making for more of an American presidential style system In this election television news focused on international issues especially terrorism and asylum seekers Minor parties were largely ignored as the two main parties monopolised the media s attention The election was depicted as a horse race between Howard and Beazley with Howard running ahead and therefore being given more coverage than his Labor rival 4 The election eve Newspoll forecast that the Liberal National Coalition would get 53 percent of the two party preferred vote 5 Results EditHouse of Representatives results Edit nbsp Government 82 Coalition Liberal 68 National 13 CLP 1 Opposition 65 Labor 65 Crossbench 3 Independent 3 nbsp The disproportionality of the lower house in the 2004 election was 8 67 according to the Gallagher Index mainly between the Liberal and Green Parties nbsp The disproportionality of the lower house in the 2001 election was 9 43 according to the Gallagher Index mainly between the Coalition and Labor Parties This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2001 Australian federal election House of Representatives Australia edit House of Reps IRV 2001 04 Turnout 94 85 CV Informal 4 82 nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats Change Liberal 4 254 072 37 08 3 19 68 nbsp 4 National 643 926 5 61 0 32 13 nbsp 3 Country Liberal 36 961 0 32 0 00 1 nbsp 1Liberal National coalition 4 934 959 42 92 3 41 82 nbsp 2 Labor 4 341 420 37 84 2 26 65 nbsp 2 Democrats 620 197 5 41 0 28 0 nbsp Greens 569 074 4 96 2 82 0 nbsp One Nation 498 032 4 34 4 09 0 nbsp Independents 332 118 2 89 1 00 3 nbsp 2Others 178 274 1 64 0 nbsp Total 11 474 074 150 nbsp 2Two party preferred vote Coalition 5 655 791 51 03 2 01 82 nbsp 2 Labor 5 427 569 48 97 2 01 65 nbsp 2Invalid blank votes 580 362 4 81 1 04Turnout 12 054 455 95 39Registered voters 12 636 631Source AEC Tally Room Independents Peter Andren Tony Windsor Bob Katter Popular voteLabor 37 84 Liberal 37 40 National 5 61 Democrats 5 51 Greens 4 96 One Nation 4 34 CLP 0 32 Independents 2 71 Other 1 41 Two party preferred voteCoalition 50 95 Labor 49 05 Parliament seatsCoalition 54 67 Labor 43 33 Independents 2 00 Senate results Edit nbsp Government 35 Coalition Liberal 31 National 3 CLP 1 Opposition 28 Labor 28 Crossbench 12 Democrats 8 Greens 2 One Nation 1 Independent 2 This section is an excerpt from 2001 Australian Senate election Australia edit Senate STV GV Turnout 95 20 CV Informal 3 89 6 nbsp Party Votes Swing Seats won Total seats Change Liberal National Coalition Liberal National joint ticket 2 776 052 23 87 2 00 6 11 nbsp Liberal 1 824 745 15 69 2 06 12 22 nbsp National 222 860 1 92 0 06 1 1 nbsp Country Liberal 40 680 0 35 0 03 1 1 nbsp Coalition total 4 863 337 41 83 4 15 20 35 nbsp Labor 3 990 997 34 32 2 99 14 28 a nbsp Democrats 843 130 7 25 1 20 4 8 nbsp 1 One Nation 644 364 5 54 3 44 0 1 nbsp Greens 574 543 4 94 2 22 2 2 nbsp 1Others 630 600 5 44 0 22 0 2 a nbsp Total 11 627 529 40 76Invalid blank votes 470 515 3 9Turnout 12 098 320 95 7Registered voters 12 636 631Source Federal Elections 1998House of Representatives preference flows EditThe Nationals had candidates in 14 seats where three cornered contests existed with 87 34 of preferences favouring the Liberal Party The Democrats contested 145 electorates with preferences favouring Labor 64 13 The Greens contested 145 electorates with preferences strongly favouring Labor 74 83 One Nation contested 120 electorates with preferences slightly favouring the Liberal National Coalition 55 87 Seats changing hands EditThe following table indicates seats that changed hands from one party to another at this election It compares the election results with the previous margins taking into account redistributions in New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Tasmania and both territories As a result it includes the seats of Macarthur and Parramatta which were held by Liberal members but had notional Labor margins The table also includes the new seat of Hasluck retained by Labor the abolished Northern Territory which was divided into Lingiari retained by Labor and Solomon retained by the CLP and Paterson a Labor seat made Liberal by the redistribution Seat 1998 Notionalmargin b Swing 2001Party Member Margin 8 Margin Member PartyBallarat Vic Liberal Michael Ronaldson 2 77 5 50 2 73 Catherine King Labor Canning WA Labor Jane Gerick 3 52 0 04 0 42 0 38 Don Randall Liberal Dickson Qld Labor Cheryl Kernot 0 12 6 09 5 97 Peter Dutton Liberal Dobell NSW Labor Michael Lee 3 35 1 53 1 91 0 38 Ken Ticehurst Liberal Farrer NSW c National Tim Fischer 14 62 14 18 N A 16 37 Sussan Ley Liberal Hasluck WA Labor New seat 2 55 0 77 1 78 Sharryn Jackson LaborKennedy Qld National Bob Katter 11 19 N A 19 69 Bob Katter Independent Lingiari NT Labor New seat 3 53 1 76 5 29 Warren Snowdon LaborMacarthur NSW Liberal John Fahey 5 63 1 69 d 8 65 6 96 Pat Farmer Liberal New England NSW National Stuart St Clair 13 66 N A 8 30 Tony Windsor Independent Northern Territory Labor Warren Snowdon 0 57 District abolishedParramatta NSW Liberal Ross Cameron 1 07 2 49 e 3 64 1 15 Ross Cameron Liberal Paterson NSW Labor Bob Horne 1 22 1 26 f 1 42 Bob Baldwin LiberalSolomon NT Country Liberal New seat 2 24 2 15 0 09 Dave Tollner Country LiberalRyan Qld Liberal John Moore 9 52 0 90 8 62 Michael Johnson Liberal Labor Leonie Short g 0 17 9 69See also EditCandidates of the 2001 Australian federal election Members of the Australian House of Representatives 2001 2004 Members of the Australian Senate 2002 2005Notes Edit a b Shayne Murphy had resigned from the Labor Party on 2 October 2001 and served out the rest of his term as an independent For seats that were affected by the redistribution the Australian Electoral Commission calculated notional margins for the redistributed divisions by modelling the outcome of the previous election as if the new boundaries had been in place 7 Margin is over Labor Macarthur had become a notional Labor seat as a result of the redistribution Parramatta had become a notional Labor seat as a result of the redistribution Patersonhad become a notional Liberal seat as a result of the redistribution John Moore Liberal had won Ryan at the 1998 election however he resigned in 2001 and Leonie Short Labor won the seat at the resulting by election References Edit Issues that swung elections Tampa and the national security election of 2001 The Conversation Tampa issue improves Coalition election prospects ABC 7 30 report 4 9 2001 Abc net au Archived from the original on 22 October 2008 Retrieved 13 June 2010 australianpolitics com australianpolitics com Retrieved 13 June 2010 David Denemark Ian Ward and Clive Bean Election Campaigns and Television News Coverage The Case of the 2001 Australian Election Australian Journal of Political Science 2007 42 1 pp 89 109 online Newspoll archive since 1987 Polling newspoll com au tmp anchor net au Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 30 July 2016 2001 Senate national summary Psephos Adam Carr s Election Archive Retrieved 8 June 2022 National seat status Australian Electoral Commission Retrieved 13 May 2019 Electoral Newsfile 97 Seat Status including notional seat status for SA NSW Tas WA and NT Divisions Australian Electoral Commission 2001 External links EditAustralian Electoral Commission Results University of WA Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine election results in Australia 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