The Poll Bludger’s Western Australian Legislative Council guide has now been padded out with post-match reports for all six regions. For those of you who don’t care much, the important thing is that Labor and the Greens fell one seat short of what was needed to pass one-vote one-value legislation. But since the results do [...]
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Monthly Archives: March 2005
One-horse race
Saturday, March 19, 2005 – 2:11 pm
Labor’s easy win in the Werriwa by-election is unlikely to go down as a watershed in Australian political history, but it provides a nice fillip for Kim Beazley by offering a contrast to the Cunningham debacle under Simon Crean. It will also enhance the prestige of others associated with the campaign, specifically New South Wales [...]
Belated Werriwa overview
Friday, March 18, 2005 – 2:11 pm
So about this by-election then. Tomorrow the voters of Werriwa return to the polls due to the retirement of former Labor member Mark Latham, whose life story does not need repeating here. Nor does the make-up of the electorate, which has changed little since the federal election guide entry was composed last year.
When Latham pulled [...]
Call of the board
Thursday, March 17, 2005 – 2:10 pm
Better late than never, the Poll Bludger proudly presents a Western Australian lower house election guide fully updated with post-match reports. Coverage of Saturday’s Werriwa by-election will follow in short order, honest it will.
Service resumes (properly this time)
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 – 2:09 pm
This site has been very quiet recently owing to recurring technological problems, but stay tuned because a full wrap-up of Saturday’s Werriwa by-election will be up shortly, as will updated Western Australian election guides with summaries of the outcomes in each electorate and region.
Service resumes
Saturday, March 5, 2005 – 2:08 pm
The Poll Bludger is back in business after a week off line, and will be keeping a close eye on the final stages of the count for the Western Australian Legislative Council before turning attention to the March 19 Werriwa by-election. Late counting in Western Australia has produced no reversals of fortune in the lower [...]
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