It’s election day afternoon here in Australia and I’m taking a break from posting Get a real blog series posts today. Watch for one tomorrow 
There has been a bit of buzz around the Evil Election Eve blog carnival. There ended up being 10 entries (watch Laurel Papworth’s blog for the official post). Interestingly enough, this is the first time that I’ve seen most of the entries to a local blog carnival contain YouTube videos. Funny ones from The Chaser crew seem to be favourites. I’ve found them all very entertaining, especially the second one in Meg’s post.
In between house duties and blog commenting, I’m in the office for a couple of hours on the way to a friend’s birthday party. We’re going to all wander up to the National Tally Room to see the results as they come in, then a Turkish restaurant for dinner. Should be good.
If you’re in Australia, how’s your Election Day going?
Slept through half of it (late night). Am going to mosey up and vote soon. Going to a 50th b’day tonight.
I’ll be pleased when the bloody thing is over with. I voted for the Greens in the Reps and the Dems in the senate. Having met Andrew Bartlett at the recent blogging conference in Brisbane, I was most impressed with his candor and sense of humour.
My local member is the Ruddbot. I can’t see him losing this seat somehow:) It’s interesting to reflect that when he first ran for parliament his electoral material didn’t mention the Labor Party anywhere, it was all about Kevin.
Wouldn’t it be interesting if the PM lost his seat to Maxine McKew, but the coalition held onto government by one seat?
Hi Meg,
thank you for your comment. Enjoy the birthday party - I am off to a 40th tonight
Best regards, Andrew
Hi John,
thank you for your comment.
I think we’ll see more “it’s all about Kevin” going on after tonight
I worked with him in DFAT and he was a fairly typical diplomat at the time - not a breed noted for their patience or generosity. It is going to be an interesting result either way.
Personally, I think that JWH will find it a humbling experience whatever happens
Best regards, Andrew
I spent from 7am-6pm handing out how to votes and organising my volunteers as Greens candidate for Werriwa.
I’m currently sitting 3rd on about 3.6% with 80% of votes counted which is good but even better:
* the Liberal/Nationals Coalitian lost,
* Howard probably lost his own seat, and
* Costello has opted out of the leadership race so there must be chaos behind the scenes at the liberal party headquarters
Hi Neerav,
3.6% is a good result, congratulations
It will be interesting to see what this week brings.
Best regards, Andrew