Labor’s Hold in Australia’s Northern Territory Weakens as Votes Swing Right

Aboriginal women gather for a meeting on July 6, 2007 at Mutitjulu, near Alice Springs. The Federal Government has restated its support for the Northern Territory intervention in Indigenous communities. Ian Walie/Getty Images

Labor’s Warren Snowdon said he was feeling “really sad” in the wake of the Australian federal election following a 5.7 percent swing to his Country Liberal opponent Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.

One of Australia’s longest-serving MPs, the 69-year-old former Rudd minister was first elected in 1987 and served until 1996. He was elected again 1998 and has served ever since.