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Cassandra Morgan

Labor win Aston by-election in historic upset

Mary Doyle and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles celebrate her win in the Aston by-election. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Labor has declared its historic by-election win a ringing endorsement of the Albanese government, while federal Liberal leader Peter Dutton has promised to rebuild following the shock result for his party.

The ABC's Antony Green called the election for the ALP's Mary Doyle over the Liberals' Roshena Campbell, with the win the first time in a century that a government has won a seat from the opposition in a by-election.

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