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Abbott gets to work as Prime Minister-elect

Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott says he is already "getting down to business", while the Labor Party is girding itself for the difficult task of rebuilding after last night's election defeat.

The Coalition won the election with a national swing of 3.5 per cent, seizing a swathe of seats in Tasmania, Victoria and across New South Wales.

Mr Abbott began his first day as the nation's leader with a bike ride and has since been holding a series of briefings with public servants.

In Labor ranks, the frontrunner to lead the party in opposition, Bill Shorten, says the process to replace Kevin Rudd will be free of "rancour" and "division".

The leadership contest could be shaping up as one between the Victorian right-wing factional heavyweight and the NSW left-wing former deputy prime minister, Anthony Albanese.

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Abbott's challenge: to govern for all Australians

There were lots of winners on Saturday: new members of parliament, almost all of them coalition members. Even the ALP emerged with enough seats to begin a fight-back plan.

But the real winner was Tony Abbott, a tiger in opposition and now has it in his grasp to be a great prime minister.

Whether he should be better described as a leopard who cannot change his spots remains to be established. If he is to govern for all Australians that is his challenge.

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Norway faces problem of too much oil money ahead of elections

Norway, which goes to the polls tomorrow, is an island of prosperity in Europe, with so much money that it literally does not know what to do with it.

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Norway faces problem of too much oil money ahead of elections

Norway, which goes to the polls tomorrow, is an island of prosperity in Europe, with so much money that it literally does not know what to do with it.

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Business

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Opes Prime director acquitted of dishonesty charges

A former director of the stockbroking firm Opes Prime has been acquitted of dishonesty charges relating the company's collapse.

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Politics

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Minor parties to play key role in Senate make-up

New minor parties appear set to play a key role in the Senate, with billionaire Clive Palmer's party likely to pick up two spots, in Queensland and Tasmania, and a party for motoring enthusiasts on track to win a seat in Victoria.

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Sport

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Djokovic to meet Nadal in US Open final

World number one Novak Djokovic will meet Rafael Nadal in the US Open final.

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Science and Technology

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Robotic NASA spacecraft lifts off to probe lunar dust

NASA has launched an unmanned rocket off the Virginia coast to look for dust rising from the lunar surface, a phenomenon reported by Apollo astronauts decades ago.

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Environment

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Coalition to water down Murray buybacks

The Coalition defends its plan to spread Murray water buyback spending over six years, rather than four.

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