Seven female Labor candidates, ‘enough for an entire netball team’, have won seats in the sunshine state, with Anika Wells praising the party for ‘empowering women’ * See our full coverage of the Australian election * Get our breaking news email,free app or daily news podcast When Ali France lost her 19-year-old-son Henry to leukaemia last year, it was a tragic chapter in a life which had already seen her lose a leg, and nearly another son, in an accident in a suburban shopping centre car park. But when she became the first person in Australian history to defeat a sitting opposition leader in a federal election at her third attempt at the Brisbane seat of Dickson on Saturday night, it was another moment in which the world champion para-athlete triumphed despite adversity unimaginable. Continue reading...