BY DAKOTA TAIT
A post-election pendulum's revealed, Newcastle is the Federal Government's safest seat in the country.
According to ABC election analyst Antony Green, Labor's Sharon Claydon holds the seat with an 18 percent margin on the two-party preferred count.
Meanwhile, Paterson with 3.3 percent, Hunter with 4 percent, and Shortland with 5.8 percent were among the party's most marginal electorates.