Comments on: Westpoll: Liberal favoured for Nationals alliance

By: William Bowe

William Bowe — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:07:52 +0000

By: William Bowe

William Bowe — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:37:21 +0000

Labor 27; Liberal 24; Nationals 4; Liz Constable; John Bowler; Undecided 2. The undecided are Alfred Cove, between Liberal and independent Janet Woollard, and Kwinana, between Labor and independent Carol Adams. So a Liberal minority government would need to be backed by two independents, remembering that one is almost-Liberal Liz Constable and another has hitched his vote to the Nationals.

By: zombie mao

zombie mao — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:35:20 +0000

alp 27, lib 24 nat 4 ind 2 then whatever happens in alfred cove and kwinana

By: Dario

Dario — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:21:24 +0000

So where does that put the lower house tally now?

By: Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:17:19 +0000

so thats the counting for the night?

By: William Bowe

William Bowe — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:13:15 +0000

The scrutineers were informally tallying those as the primary votes were counted. Either they miscounted (quite possible – the Labor and Liberal tallies were a fair bit different) or something showed up.

By: zombie mao

zombie mao — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:10:54 +0000

well that and green prefences went very very strongly to alp

By: William Bowe

William Bowe — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:09:20 +0000

The only result that was significantly out from the scrutineers’ estimates. Presumably a misplaced bundle of Labor votes showed up.

By: zombie mao

zombie mao — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:04:26 +0000

ALP win albany 9877 to 9781

By: rabitoh

rabitoh — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:52:11 +0000

Lordy – I’d reckon the Libs would be WETTING themselves at the prospect that the Nats might go with Labor – and worse, given the Nationals record as a broadly agrarian socialist party – that it MIGHT work!! They’d have up to four years to deliver enough results to swing some of the Nat constituents. And in the context of Labor alliances, it was interesting to be referred to Grylls maiden speech, the first half of which could have come from an ALP platform – compassionate angles on refugees, gay rights and indigenous welfare.