Australian Labor leader Shorten resigns after shocking election defeat

Australian Labor leader Bill Shorten has resigned from his post after conceding shocking defeat in the election. The mood was sombre in Melbourne, the hometown of Labor leader Bill Shorten, on Saturday night as the anticipated victory dissipated.

Labor's 2019 campaign has focused on higher spending on health and education, and more ambitious curbs to greenhouse gas pollution than the coalition.

Bill Shorten's fate looked uncertain as Morrison's coalition defied expectations by holding onto a string of outer suburban seats in areas where demographics closest resemble America's Rust Belt, blocking Labor's strongest path to victory.