Comments on: A bee’s donger

By: OldTimeHack

OldTimeHack — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:38:44 +0000

Breaking Story: Overheard in swish venue in Spring St precinct – senior Labor MP on telephone saying that Labor WILL challenge McEwen result. As OTH supports the Labor Candidate despite having not been a member of any party for long time, no further details will be entered into for risk of giving 104 a heads-up.

By: Chris Curtis

Chris Curtis — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:54:05 +0000

Thanks, Old Time Hack. The Melways does not ring a bell, but I will drive out there and have a look. In the end, I’ll contact the Electoral Commission, and I will find where and what the Midhurst booth was.

By: OldTimeHack

OldTimeHack — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:13:00 +0000

OTH made (a small amount) of good money on betfair as some bozo was requesting odds of 1.50 on Labor on the night of 16 December.

OTH will have a pint tonight instead of a pot now with this extra cashola.

See you at the imperial!

By: Andrew Landeryou

Andrew Landeryou — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:19:47 +0000

Looks like Bailey has won by a dozen with ALP seriously considering Court of Disputed Returns challenge.

By: OldTimeHack

OldTimeHack — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:33:22 +0000

Hey guys, off topic for McEwen but definitely related to the above chatter.

Go to http://www.custommaps.net/images/melway5.htm

This is an historical website that Melway have set up and it shows links to the original 1966 Melway, or, where maps for certain areas weren’t published, it shows the maps as published from editions 2-5.

Perchance, the area covering Hurstbridge and Meander Rd is on a map as published in 1971! Alas, there’s nothing to indicate any church, hall or similar on or near Meander Rd. The closest is in ref B1 of map 129 Hazel Glen Church. That’s not near Monash Bridge, rather near Linton Bridge?

I’m not familiar with the area but I note there’s no reference to a the Hazel Glen Church in the latest Melway edition.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

OTH

By: potato_masher

potato_masher — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:50:13 +0000

both the libs and labor now concede that Bailey is just in front now in the McEwen recount – with about 300 of the esimated 1000 challenged ballots still to be determined

By: Chris Curtis

Chris Curtis — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:32:56 +0000

Rod,

This evening, I had a drive looking for something to remind me where the Midhurst booth had been. The vegetation around Meander Road activated a neuron, but nothing else came to me from the area. I will see if I can find an old Melways or contact the AEC. You could ask a few long-standing neighbours if they remember a school or a hall in the area 37 years ago.

By: Antony Green

Antony Green — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:02:09 +0000

No one. The seat hasn’t been declared so no writ can be returned so the seat isn’t filled.

By: Daniel B

Daniel B — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:59:30 +0000

So, if parliament were to sit now, who would assume the seat?

By: potato_masher

potato_masher — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:16:45 +0000

here’s a synopsis of an insider at the McEwen recount

- a full recheck of the primary votes has occurred over the past 3 days – a second recheck is now to occur starting tomorrow
- there will then be a check and re-check of the distribution of the preferences

- about 1% (very rough figure) of the ballots have been challenged and a final determination will be made in Melb at a later date (presumably next week sometime)

- the libs have more scrutineers than labor
- for every one ballot being challenged by labor scrutineers, about 5 or 6 are being challenged by the lib scrutineers

- there are as much as 50 primary votes (perhaps much more) that have clearly been assigned to the wrong candidate
- many of the other challenged ballots will probably stay in the same ‘pile’

- on the basis of all of this, there is strong possibility that the result COULD be turned around