Booths


Mayne: Toorak banter makes for a fun day on the hustings

Peter Costello worked hard on election day, personally touring all 37 booths in his Higgins electorate. We finally caught up at the Prahran RSL at about 5pm and had a couple of minutes of light-hearted banter, writes Stephen “2%” Mayne.

MacCormack: The cliffhanger that never hung

Most of us were braced for a close election night, a nail biting, down-to-the-wire, smoke-‘em’-if-you-got-‘em cliffhanger. It was never even close, writes David MacCormack.

John’s Party: An election night fantasy

Is this how polling day will play? Read Adelaide academic Glyn Evans’ election night imaginings.