TOP QUOTES FROM THE PARTIES AFTER LABOR'S HISTORIC ASTON WIN
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LABOR:
* "I'm Mary Doyle ... I'm a suburban mum and I've lived in the outer eastern suburbs for more than 35 years and as of tonight, I guess I'll be your next member for Aston!" - Mary Doyle, during her victory speech on Saturday night.
* "We were the underdog, but boy have we shown that we have a big bite." - Ms Doyle, who grew up in public housing, on Saturday night. The swing to Labor was more than six per cent.
* "We should recognise the historic achievement that Mary has done, being the first candidate from a government party to win a seat off the opposition in over 100 years." - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, with Ms Doyle on Sunday.
* "The people of Aston have put their faith in our government, and I thank them so sincerely. I'm very humbled by the result that was achieved yesterday." - Mr Albanese on Sunday.
* "This is a mid-term endorsement from the voters of Aston that the Albanese government, with its common sense approach to problem-solving, is achieving results across the country and I think they want to see more of it." - NSW Labor Premier Chris Minns.
LIBERALS:
* "We have a lot of work to do. I accept responsibility as I'm the leader of the party." - Liberal Leader Peter Dutton on Sunday.
* "If you are asking about the fundamentals of our party, they are not going to change ... We stand for aspiration. We stand for entrepreneurialism, so small businesses. We stand for national security, obviously, and we always stand for cleaning up a Labor mess when we get back into government." - Mr Dutton on Sunday.
* "I cannot imagine there would be any mood in the party room for (a change of leader)." - Victorian Liberal Senator Janet Hume on Sunday.
* "Now, the question is how we rebuild from here, the policies that we have, the brand rebuilding that we need to do in Victoria." - Mr Dutton on Sunday.
* "There are issues that we need to address within the division here in Victoria. That is a statement of the obvious and that has been going on for a long time." - Mr Dutton on Sunday.
* "The Victorian Liberal Party is where hope goes to die. It is clearly the worst division in the country." - ex-Liberal strategist Tony Barry, on ABC TV's by-election panel on Saturday night.
NATIONALS
* "Peter (Dutton) is by far the best leader of the Liberal Party and, obviously, I think sadly what I saw in this election was the personal character assassination." - Nationals Leader David Littleproud on Sunday.
* "The Victorian Liberal Party did everything they could locally there to trash their own brand." - Mr Littleproud on Sunday.
Australian Associated Press
