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Post by pragmaticidealist on May 16, 2019 17:47:41 GMT
Which matters less when Labor and the Coalition are already virtually neck-and-neck in seats anyway. If Labor win a narrow majority then the parallel will be with Whitlam in 1969 and in 1972 (where Labor slashed the Coalition majority in the former after a landslide defeat in 1966 and therefore didn't need to get much more in the latter). A shock Coalition victory would likely involve them holding on in both Dickson and Warringah, which could have interesting implications for the next term. |
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Post by timmullen1 on May 16, 2019 18:35:58 GMT
Still giving Labor a five seat majority over all others. |
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Post by pragmaticidealist on May 17, 2019 18:25:55 GMT
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Post by timmullen1 on May 17, 2019 22:01:42 GMT
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Post by timmullen1 on May 17, 2019 23:42:43 GMT
If you didn’t know already, the ABC are dropping their geoblock to enable people outside Australia to watch the results programme (or you can just go to their YouTube channel where it’s always unblocked anyway).
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Post by Foggy on May 17, 2019 23:52:20 GMT
If you didn’t know already, the ABC are dropping their geoblock to enable people outside Australia to watch the results programme (or you can just go to their YouTube channel where it’s always unblocked anyway). I recall Antony Green making a big deal of the geoblock being dropped on social media a few years ago, but only for federal elections. That wasn't much use if you wanted to follow state election nights as well (not to mention federal party leadership 'spills'), so YouTube has been the place to go for coverage for a while now. |
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Post by timmullen1 on May 17, 2019 23:56:08 GMT
If you didn’t know already, the ABC are dropping their geoblock to enable people outside Australia to watch the results programme (or you can just go to their YouTube channel where it’s alwaysunblocked anyway). I recall Antony Green making a big deal of the geoblock being dropped on social media a few years ago, but only for federal elections. That wasn't much use if you wanted to follow state election nights as well (not to mention federal party leadership 'spills'), so YouTube has been the place to go for coverage for a while now. I think they’ve started to drop it for State elections as well now; I’ve certainly watched two Queensland elections as one of my former CLP colleagues now lives in Brisbane and is employed by the State Labor Party, so I have a bit of extra interest, and I watched Victoria and NSW this year. But the coup against Turnbull was only available via YouTube I think. |
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Post by Andrew_S on May 17, 2019 23:58:55 GMT
I'd be interested to know if any members of the forum are voting in the election today, (and if they'd be prepared to say which party they're supporting if they don't mind being asked).
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Post by Andrew_S on May 18, 2019 3:50:12 GMT
This is an interesting thing to be able to do:
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Post by maxque on May 18, 2019 4:46:31 GMT
Australia doesn't have assigned polling stations anyways, you can vote at any voting station in your electorate (and outside of it near the borders) and most cities have a central location where you can vote for all electorates of the metropolitan area.
I'm obviously cheering for Shorten, he would be the first person I saw in person to run a country.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 18, 2019 7:30:30 GMT
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Post by pragmaticidealist on May 18, 2019 8:17:30 GMT
From memory, the first booths start coming in after about half an hour. The impression from the ABC panelists seems to be broadly "Labor optimistic, Coalition pessimistic".
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Post by pragmaticidealist on May 18, 2019 8:25:17 GMT
First numbers, from Eden-Monaro and Leichhardt. Swing to the Coalition in the former and to Labor in the latter. There are also numbers from a few other seats, mostly in QL. Nothing really substantial though.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 18, 2019 8:27:28 GMT
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Post by pragmaticidealist on May 18, 2019 8:56:51 GMT
Gilmore looking good for Labor from the earliest figures, but Green 'not quite ready' to call it.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2019 9:05:49 GMT
It's looking grim for Abbott in Warringah...
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Post by pragmaticidealist on May 18, 2019 9:12:45 GMT
It's looking grim for Abbott in Warringah... And for Labor's Justine Keay in Braddon - ABC are giving it to the Liberals on the current figures. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 18, 2019 9:12:57 GMT
First seat change projected by ABC - ALP gain Gilmore NSW.
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Post by pragmaticidealist on May 18, 2019 9:16:54 GMT
Lindsay is looking good for the Liberals says Antony Green. Bass is too close to call.
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Post by mondialito on May 18, 2019 9:19:52 GMT
If you didn’t know already, the ABC are dropping their geoblock to enable people outside Australia to watch the results programme (or you can just go to their YouTube channel where it’s always unblocked anyway). Channel 7 and Channel 9 are also streaming on YouTube. |
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