A few years ago Mort wrote about the Archibald, it’s an annual exhibition held at the NSW gallery in Sydney. Generally there are about a 100 portraits on display, but there are many more that don’t make it. The packers; the people who unload and display the works have a vote amongst themselves. I . . . → Read More: Archbald
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What’s Australian for lbw? Lost beaten and walloped! Sense of sporting decline grips nation before Thursday’s Ashes opener The build-up to every Ashes cricket series triggers a bout of soul-searching over England’s inability to win at sport, and outpourings of jealousy about the winning mentality of the Australians. This time, the cricket boot is firmly on the other foot. For once, it is not England fans who are feeling fearful in the run-up to next Thursday’s first Test match in Brisbane, but Australians. Public sympathy for the Australian team’s recent failures has run dry, players and officials are snapping at their supporters and media, selectors are befuddled. Across Australia 14,088,260 electors enrolled to vote. Currently only 93% of the primary vote has been counted and the two party preferred count is only 89% complete. The government has been formed (Labor got just 38%) but the count goes on. A candidate is "declared elected once vote counting has reached the point . . . → Read More: Comeback kid gets to be Foreign Minister I read this from today’s Adelaide Now which maybe explains why Labor finally got the support of 76 members allowing Julia Gillard to become the first elected woman prime minister of . . . → Read More: Queen Julia Progress on hung parliament but unlikley to be resolved until next week – still only 86% counted! Abbott seems to be making a bit of a ham fisted job of luring the independents – smart money seems to be on Labor to form a government but with a majority of one how . . . → Read More: Labor still hanging around Andrew Wilkie says he decided to back Labor after Ms Gillard agreed to several requests, including $340m for the Royal Hobart Hospital and restrictions on poker machines. His decision means Labor has 74 definite seats, two short of the majority needed to secure power. The Coalition has 73 seats if West Australian Nationals . . . → Read More: Nail biter in Canberra I was joshing Mort yesterday about Bishop’s claims that Labor, on a two party preferred basis, had lost it – now the real story – but why aren’t the fucking votes counted by now! Yesterday, the Australian Electoral Commission performed an act that, in a rational world, would have excited no interest. Since last weekend the commission has featured a "national two-party preferred result" on the front page of its virtual tally room, which has assumed tremendous psychological interest as Labor’s margin has steadily eroded from 0.6% to 0.4%. However, the tally had a flaw that biased it in Labor’s favour: there were no Labor-versus-Coalition figures available from strongly conservative Kennedy, Lyne, New England or O’Connor, where the notional two-candidate preferred counts conducted on election night involved independents. This was only balanced out by left-wing Melbourne, where Labor and the Greens were correctly identified as the front-running candidates for the notional count. |
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