[colliric]

http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw ... 6752008737

Victory! We beat this thing called Democracy into the ground!!! Buried it 6-feet under!

Greens 1 VS Democracy 0!

[Salohcin]

That's a bit harsh. 14 votes is well within the margin of error likely for counting the number of votes within a state.

The short answer is the result is too close to call. WA will have to return to the polls following the court challenge by Palmer/Labor. This may or may not result in a greens senator.

[colliric]

That's a bit harsh. 14 votes is well within the margin of error likely for counting the number of votes within a state.

The short answer is the result is too close to call. WA will have to return to the polls following the court challenge by Palmer/Labor. This may or may not result in a greens senator.

Most likely it will result in a Palmer Senator as it's likely this outcome will reflect badly on the Greens. My point was that Ludlam was clearly, and some would understandably say suspiciously, gloating by declaring "victory" when it's obvious an investigation is needed, followed by a secondary poll, or a reversion to the better original count, frankly that's what I thought was going to happen(pretty logical in my opinion, it's the most complete count) when they said the AEC was going to "declare" it(and naturally Ludlam to launch the legal challenge). I was actually shocked when I heard the report say it was Palmer that is going to challenge legally.

It was disgraceful behavior.

It was a bit funny to see Christine Milne step in and try to save face, at the same time as "celebrate" with Ludlam.

In related news:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-04/w ... ec/5068548

A second chance for Wikileaks!

[GandalfTheGrey]

I wouldn't worry colliric, there will almost certainly be a re-election (which everyone including the greens support) and Clive will be able to pour his millions into the new campaign, and victory is all but assured.

Thats what democracy's all about innit?

[AVT]

Gandalf do not discount the Greens resources they will put up a fight. Personally I dislike Ludlum as I find him intolerably smug and condescending (like most Greens) and hope he loses.