Federal election 2016: the Illawarra votes

Updated July 3 2016 - 3:12pm, first published July 2 2016 - 7:00am

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2:14pm: Mr Shorten will not say if he has given up hope of forming government in his own right: "The Australian people have spoken. We now need to have some patience, we need to let the AEC count the votes.....We will be constructive and work with people in goodwill in the Parliament."

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