Reactions to the Super Saturday results

Labor has held onto four seats at the Super Saturday by-election, prompting Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to reconsider some policies.

Susan Lamb and Bill Shorten

Super Saturday has turned into super-sweet Sunday for the relieved Labor leader Bill Shorten. (AAP)

REACTIONS TO THE SUPER SATURDAY BY-ELECTION RESULTS

* "We will look very seriously and thoughtfully and humbly at the way in which voters have responded." - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

* "My candidates are more fair dinkum than their candidates, and my policies are more fair dinkum than their policies." - Opposition Leader Bill Shorten

* "A win is a win is a win." - Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek on the party's Braddon primary vote

* "In any loss, you've got to be prepared to learn from it." - Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan

* "We've had an emphatic, absolutely emphatic big tick for Bill Shorten." - Incoming Labor president Wayne Swan

* "Selling company tax cuts for small and medium enterprises is a lot easier than selling them for larger companies." - Liberal frontbencher Christopher Pyne on the coalition's corporate tax plan

* "We are a country where we believe in compulsory voting so having a low turnout means that we haven't delivered the election that we intend as a country so I don't think our community benefits." - Incoming Perth Labor MP Patrick Gorman on voter turnout in his electorate

* "Everybody knows it is much harder to rebut a lie than to tell one." - Unsuccessful Braddon Liberal candidate Brett Whiteley on countering Labor's claims on health funding.


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