Election - 20th March 2010

[Brucetiki]

It's looking like Redmon will concede sometime this afternoon

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/redmond-s ... 5844786754

[Squawk]

A full and comprehensive report is now up on Adelaide Now, with even more to come apparently.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/redmond-set-to-concede/story-e6frea6u-1225844786754

Redmond concedes SA election defeat
From: AdelaideNow March 24, 2010 2:15PM

LIBERAL leader Isobel Redmond has conceded defeat in the state election this afternoon.



MORE TO COME


Full credit for the 2.15pm publication time too, when the press conference was at 2.30pm. That's even quicker than "breaking news".

[Squawk]

I'm lead to believe that Cabinet changes will include:

Tom Koutsantonis will take on Industry and Trade, plus Small Business.
Michael O'Brien gets Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Forests and Regional Development.
Jay Weatherill will take on Education, and keep Early Childhood Development.
Paul Caica will get Environment and Conservation, plus the River Murray/Water.


New Ministers
John Rau(Attorney General, Justice, Tourism).
Jack Snelling (Employment, Training, Further Education, Science,Information Economy, Veterans, Road Safety).
Grace Portolesi( Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Multicultural Affairs, Youth and Volunteers).

Cant confirm if all other portfolio allocations remain unchanged, as yet.

[mick]

John Rau is talented, why he was on the back bench for so long is a mystery, he should make a stellar AG in comparison to his predecessor

[Squawk]

John Rau is talented, why he was on the back bench for so long is a mystery, he should make a stellar AG in comparison to his predecessor

No doubt.

three things are noticeable:

Firstly, the opportunity to reduce the size of Cabinet has been overlooked. It was originally expanded in size to allow the Govt to appoint Independents (eg McEwen, Maywald) when it was in minority govt. This upset the Labor factions. Now the independents are out, the size of Cabinet has been maintained. The Libs had promised to reduce it back to 12, if elected.

Secondly, only 3 new Ministers. There are at least 3 others who should have been told thanks and see you later. They have survived.

Thirdly, the A-G gig is clearly one that 'belongs' to the Right faction. Hence Rau gets the gig ahead of Conlon or Weatherill. Perhaps that's because the SDA runs the right faction and they want their own faction in that spot to prevent any further deregulation of shopping hours?

[am Bays]

I'm lead to believe that Cabinet changes will include:

Tom Koutsantonis will take on Industry and Trade, plus Small Business.
Michael O'Brien gets Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Forests and Regional Development.
Jay Weatherill will take on Education, and keep Early Childhood Development.
Paul Caica will get Environment and Conservation, plus the River Murray/Water.


New Ministers
John Rau(Attorney General, Justice, Tourism).
Jack Snelling (Employment, Training, Further Education, Science,Information Economy, Veterans, Road Safety).
Grace Portolesi( Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Multicultural Affairs, Youth and Volunteers).

Cant confirm if all other portfolio allocations remain unchanged, as yet.

Well J-Lo was Mental Health Minister, will that be combined with Health???

[Squawk]

Well J-Lo was Mental Health Minister, will that be combined with Health???

All will be revealed in full tomorrow by 3.30pm but I think the list above reflects the substantive changes, and the rest will more or less be similar to portfolio allocations prior to the election.

[Brucetiki]

Counting in the seat of Bright has concluded - Chloe Bright leads by 2 votes, so there will be a certain recount

[Squawk]

Counting in the seat of Bright has concluded - Chloe Bright leads by 2 votes, so there will be a certain recount

2 votes!

So much for those who say their vote doesn't count - how many informal votes were cast in Bright, Brucetiki?

[dedja]

Counting in the seat of Bright has concluded - Chloe Bright leads by 2 votes, so there will be a certain recount

Not quite ... 20,299 votes counted out of 23,574 enrolled.

[Jimmy_041]

I think they should combine Mental Health, Arts and Urban Development - then the Minister could move his/her office to Glenside Hospital and be in the action for all 3

[Brucetiki]

Counting in the seat of Bright has concluded - Chloe Bright leads by 2 votes, so there will be a certain recount

2 votes!

So much for those who say their vote doesn't count - how many informal votes were cast in Bright, Brucetiki?

from http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/election2010/

573 (2.8%) informal votes in Bright

The final vote was:

Fox: 9864
Kourtesis: 9862

[Jimmy_041]

What WOULD have been interesting is if Chloe had gone with the deceitful Family First pamphlets. All you would have needed was one person to complain that they had followed the directions on it and would not have given Chloe Fox the preference had he/she taken notice. Then.......what if it was the seat that decided the government

Then there would have been a serious problem

[Brucetiki]

What WOULD have been interesting is if Chloe had gone with the deceitful Family First pamphlets. All you would have needed was one person to complain that they had followed the directions on it and would not have given Chloe Fox the preference had he/she taken notice. Then.......what if it was the seat that decided the government

Then there would have been a serious problem

That would have been interesting but well done to Chloe for refusing to be a part of it

[Jimmy_041]

Agreed, and if she lost by one vote, it would have her wondering for a couple of moments about her decision.

I think the accolades she will get from now on, for her stance, will show her that it was the right decision. If I ever meet her, I would certainly congratulate her for refusing deceit (of which both sides are guilty at some time) and still winning

[redandblack]

Are you sure that's the final count?

I would have thought not all the postals have been counted yet.

[Brucetiki]

I'm going by what the ECSA are saying

[dedja]

So am I ... They give you updates on where the count is up to.

As I stated earlier, it's not the final count as there will be further updates.

[LBT]

Chloe Fox is 144 votes up in Bright, Don Pegler 280 votes up in Mt Gambier, there is only a few hundred votes left to be counted in each of these electorates, so the leading candidates would be pretty confident. Kris Hanna has dropped behind the Liberal candidate Peta McCrance in Mitchell, but will be favoured by preferences, and should hold his seat, as he has since 1997.

[wycbloods]

Chloe Fox is 144 votes up in Bright, Don Pegler 280 votes up in Mt Gambier, there is only a few hundred votes left to be counted in each of these electorates, so the leading candidates would be pretty confident. Kris Hanna has dropped behind the Liberal candidate Peta McCrance in Mitchell, but will be favoured by preferences, and should hold his seat, as he has since 1997.

she should hold on but there are still almost 2000 votes yet to be counted.