Macfarlane retains Groom (updated) ...
Anyone getting less votes than the informals (2,075) should really consider whether they have a place in federal politics.
The results:
Pauline Collins GRN - 3,411
Grahame Arthur Volker IND - 498
Irene Jones CEC - 226
Peter Charles Findlay FFP - 3,181
Rob Berry IND - 575
Shalina Najeeb DEM - 511
Chris Meibusch ALP - 25,135
Rod Jeanneret IND - 411
Ian Macfarlane LIB - 37,431
Informal - 2,075
Total - 71,379
Turnout - 81.69%
See - AEC - Groom.
Quick summary:
- Labor wins government.
- Turnbull returned with small swing.
- Howard may lose his seat.
- Bartlett loses his senate spot.
Rudd now has 3 years to see if he can resist the unions which put him in power and save Australia from a wage-push inflationary spiral which will knock Australia into recession.
Time will tell.
It seems unlikely that the Toowoomba range bypass will now be built.
And the Brisbane Mayor is now the most senior Liberal in a position of government in Australia ...
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 9:00 AM
10 Comments:
Well the Beattie ploy worked - take him out of the equation for Queensland - and give Rudd the Dud a clean shot at winning Qld seats -and guess what Beattie will suddenly reappear
I sincerely believe that Australian voters must be some of the most dumbest in the world - whoever controls the media, controls the minds of the peasants
It would appear that Qld especially have treated this as a State of Origin game - vote for Rudd the Queenslander who eats wax out of his ear
All I can say is - thanks John for the best years of Australia's economic future - that you presided over - a lot of those socalled battlers have deserted you as they continue to drive their big - 4- wheel drives
Sad also that the Coalition which drove this economy - saved the country from the wreck that it was in and left by Paul Keating - have to try to resurrect themselves again -is it worth the effort to get kicked in the guts?
I guess the country deserves what it gets
5:11 AM, November 25, 2007
By taking Beattie out of the this election they made the Amalgamation debarkle not an issue in the voters minds. Very clever!
Beattie will now be off to the big job overseas!
8:02 AM, November 25, 2007
Rob Berry did well, didn't he...
8:22 AM, November 25, 2007
It will be pay-off jobs all around
9:17 AM, November 25, 2007
groom was always a 2 horse race
9:50 AM, November 25, 2007
Well done Labor - very slick campaign. Wonder if you'll be able to hold back the union tide.
9:59 AM, November 25, 2007
I have been talking to a lot of people today and they and including myself are very worried about the economic outlook for Australia.
We will know tighten our spending habits as we are in business and don't know what is going to happen.
Our children were going to have a private secondary education if Howard was elected, and that aren't happening now.
Speaking of education the state schools are under pressure to ensure that they don't have too many teachers next year. The state govt must be in financial trouble.
So to all those labour dickheads you can have higher interest rates, look forward to 12.5% GST, have no housing affordability, have lots of strikes now, and higher unemployment and a govt in debt. I could go on all day!
11:20 AM, November 25, 2007
Rob Berry was never going to score highly. Any councillor who is breathing easier better have a serious rethink. March is going to be a wipeout and every time the council does something dodgy or at secret meetings the voters just get madder.
10:29 PM, November 25, 2007
news.com.au
The ALP looks set to pick up four new Senate positions, building on its 28 seats in the 76-seat chamber.
But the Coalition will hold on to its majority of 39 until next July – putting the Labor Government on a collision course with its rival.
Mr Rudd's plan to ratify the Kyoto protocol and scrap industrial relations laws may not happen until the second half of 2008, as the Coalition firmly opposes both policies. Once the new Senate takes shape, Mr Rudd will have to negotiate new laws with the Greens, an Independent and Family First, who will hold the balance of power.
11:35 PM, November 25, 2007
Updated numbers (with 83.32% counted):
Pauline Collins GRN 3,470
Grahame Arthur Volker IND 503
Irene Jones CEC 230
Peter Charles Findlay FFP 3,234
Rob Berry IND 591
Shalina Najeeb DEM 520
Chris Meibusch ALP 25,609
Rod Jeanneret IND 421
Ian Macfarlane LIB 38,238
Informal 2,101
Total Votes 74,917
Progressive Count After Preferences:
Ian Macfarlane LIB 58.0%
Chris Meibusch ALP 42.0%
1:00 PM, November 27, 2007
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