This is my usual blog message for the night of an election. Google sends thousands of people to this page on election night even though I am not providing any on-line coverage. If I get a chance I may write something later this evening.
While I have retired from appearing on television, I am still involved in covering elections. I am in Adelaide tonight assisting the ABC coverage in an off-camera roll.
If you want to follow the election tonight, I suggest you watch the ABC, the main channel in South Australia or ABC News 24 in the rest of the country. Live from 6pm central time, 6:30 eastern states. There will also be live results at the ABC elections page.
There’s actually nothing to add inside this page, but this blogging software cuts posts off after two lines unless I insert a
Good to hear from you, Antony. You’re a fixture of the coverage.
Antony Green, it feels like coming home to see any message from you here at all. Thanks for all your work
Are all state upper house elections half elections?
COMMENT: NSW, SA and the Senate are half-chamber ewlections. Victoria and WA are full council elections every 4 years. Tasmania has 6 year LC terms, 15 members with 2 or 3 facing re-election every year.
Hello Anthony,
It is good to know that you’re still there providing your expert analysis.
Headlines Are talking about a rising One Nation.
Could the “rise” of One Nation be caused by disenfranchised Coalition and Labor voters?
What are the chances of the One Nation party actually winning a seat?
Statistically speaking it can be called a Rise yet does One Nation actually have anything more than “headline” Policies?
I guess I am offering a different perspective to the mainstream yet following Friday’s ABC Conversation with Richard Fidler can I believe anything I read anymore?
Warmest Regards and Deepest Respect to you,
COMMENT: One Nation are a strong chance in two seats and a possibility in two others.
Picking up on the previous thread irt FPV voting. The election for the Legislative Council was a perfect case emphasising my argument of its benefit. The final seat is likely to be a contest between the fifth Labor candidate and the second Green candidate. If you were to ask just about anyone on the right of centre would they be happy for the greens to hold the BoP in the LC there would be a loud “No Way”. But because all conservative tickets did not discriminate between Labor and the Greens, their vote will exhaust and they will make no statement regarding this contest.
COMMENT: Nobody wants to bring back full preferential voting on the Senate. It would slow voting, increase queuing, increase informal voting, stuff up party HTVs as LC recommendations have to be displayed, and probably not change the result. It is not viable.