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Well, Aussie punters - time for us to say adios for a while.

We got the important result: keeping the Liberal Party of Australia & their portfolio of lies out of government.

A power-sharing parliament would've been better, but we're content to avoid the worst.

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Well, Aussie punters - time for us to say adios for a while.

We got the important result: keeping the Liberal Party of Australia & their portfolio of lies out of government.

A power-sharing parliament would've been better, but we're content to avoid the worst.

1/2 #auspol #ausvotes #AusVotes25

'Cause we couldn't get our message out to everyone. ☹️
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Analysis of types of informal votes doesn't seem to be readily available at a seat level or even for every election.

There was an uptick in informal votes in Goldstein in 2022, from 2.21% to 3.43%. That has mostly reversed in this year's count, back to 2.28%

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Community Independent @erchana4mcpherson.bsky.social in Gold Coast seat McPherson has bagged a very respectable 14% first preferences for a first run, but appears to have missed making the final 2.
ABC calling: LNP Retain.

www.abc.net.au/news/electio...

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With counting finished for the day, Zoe Daniel is ahead on the 2 candidate preferred by just 95 votes 😱 at 79.2% counted.

But get this:
The number of people in Goldstein who voted informally? 2,274! (so far)
Could have made the deciding vote for their MP! 🤯

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Looks like a cracking swing to Greens given Labor's popularity. 👍

Yes, a shame. We must have looked during some brief period where the count was close.

Looks like the count's swung back to Tehan as the day progressed. 😔

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Still not called by the ABC, saying they've only got a preference estimate at this point.
www.abc.net.au/news/electio...

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Agree, good call!
So many 3- and 4-way races still continuing, it is hard to manage all the tabs. #FirstWorldProblem

www.abc.net.au/news/electio...

There's a possibility that Greens and Labor preferences could push IND Kate Hook into second ahead of Gee.

ABC's current summary is "It is unclear the order candidates will finish and the AEC has abandoned its preference count. Pending further information Calare has been locked as in doubt."

Who are the Community Independent MPs and candidates? — Community Independents Project

Definitely some truth to that.

Our approach to labelling independents is:
- "Community Independent" if the independent was selected by a community group; otherwise
- "Climate200-supported Independent" if Climate200 has contributed to their campaign; otherwise
- just "Independent"

Interesting Independent #AusVotes2025 races we're still keeping an eye on:

- Bean
- Bradfield
- Calare
- Flinders
- Franklin
- Fremantle
- Goldstein
- Groom
- McPherson
- Monash
- Wannon

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The count in Wannon seems to have tightened, and ABC has moved it back to "Lib Ahead" (rather than "Retain" last night). They have Liberal Dan Tehan ahead by just 401 votes at present.

Fingers crossed for you #AlexDyson and @voicesofwannon.bsky.social !

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No need to be sorry. "Liberal" here is what the conservatives call their party! 🤪

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Climate200-supported Independent Rebekha Sharkie has romped back into the SA seat of Mayo, extending her margin of over 12%.

www.abc.net.au/news/electio...

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'Defeat stings': Liberals concede in what was once WA's safest seat The Liberals have conceded defeat in what was once one of WA's safest seats, with teal MP Kate Chaney retaining Curtin.

BREAKING: Community Independent @katechaneymp.bsky.social has retained WA seat of Curtin, with Liberal just conceding.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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Yeah, our team here was also barracking for a power-sharing government. Hopefully we'll still see a diverse Senate that forces Labor to produce more decent legislation.

Sadly, Australia, while in a good spot, is not immune to our democracy being downgraded.
The two major parties recently made it a whole lot worse by writing laws that make it much harder for non-major party competitors to fairly compete in elections.

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It seems many democracies are hogtied by poor electoral systems (first past the post, optional voting, corporate money, gerrymandering), and partisan politics and corporate interests that make it impossible to improve that system.
A Nobel Prize is waiting for whoever cuts that Gordian knot.

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bye Pete 👋

Half of Australia is playing this on full blast right now

To be honest, we are most in need of a break! 😰

But whoever they pick, it seems likely we'll be back around next election.

Not a thing. Though there was mention by a journalist last night of a theory that someone with a safe seat might hastily call a former Treasurer and offer to stand aside if he'd stand for the seat. That would result in a by-election, though, which the locals would be very unhappy about.

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KICKED: By ABC's projections, 13 seats so far have kicked the #LiesOut by replacing their Liberal or LNP MP with another representative. At least one in each state. 💪

www.abc.net.au/news/electio...

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Fowler (Key Seat) Federal Election 2025 Results Stay updated with the latest results from Fowler (Key Seat) in the 2025 Australian Federal Election. Get live voting updates on ABC News.

Independent Dai Le has retained the seat of Fowler with a small swing towards her.

www.abc.net.au/news/electio...

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Zoe Daniel in Goldstein is back to "Independent Likely" today, currently at 74% counted.

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