Preselection news x 2

Eden-Monaro Liberals get the preselection ballot they wanted, and the Victorian Greens confirm candidates to fill Richard Di Natale’s Senate vacancy.

There are two situations vacant currently in the federal parliament: member for Eden-Monaro, with Mike Kelly’s successor to be chosen at a by-election on a date to be determined, and Victorian Greens Senator, with Richard Di Natale’s vacancy to be filled by a party membership ballot following a timeline I’m not privy to. The latest developments on these fronts are as follows:

• With Andrew Constance now in the rear mirror, the Liberals are going through a preselection process that has brought them to the closure of nominations, with the candidates not yet formally announced. David Crowe of the Sydney Morning Herald reported three likely starters: the presumed front-runner, Fiona Kotvojs, who ran in 2019 and remains popular in local branches; Jerry Nockles, an international relations expert and former Navy seaman; and Pru Gordon, a manager at the National Farmers Federation. Canberra news magazine CityNews reported that names being tested in Liberal polling included Nichole Overall, a Queanbeyan freelance journalist. Please note that there’s a dedicated Eden-Monaro by-election thread below this one.

• The Victorian Greens have attracted nine nominees to fill Richard Di Natale’s Senate vacancy, and helpfully laid them out on their website. The highest profile is human rights lawyer Julian Burnside, who ran unsuccessfully for the party in the seat of Cooper at last year’s federal election. However, Noel Towell of The Age reported in March that Lidia Thorpe, who won Northcote in a by-election in November 2017 but failed to retain it at the general election a year later, is also rated highly. The report said the same of Huong Truong, who held an upper house seat in Western Metropolitan region in the nine months before the election, but she is not among the nominees.

Author: William Bowe

William Bowe is a Perth-based election analyst and occasional teacher of political science. His blog, The Poll Bludger, has existed in one form or another since 2004, and is one of the most heavily trafficked websites on Australian politics.

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  2. Aqualung @ #100 Sunday, May 10th, 2020 – 10:23 am

    She’s gorgeous C@tmomma. I’ve been over a couple of times and got to hold her.
    I was a bit reluctant to go but after a few weeks off and keeping pretty well to myself I indulged.
    I’m not sure her parents feel the same way at the moment.
    She sleeps during the day and performs of a night time. 😁

    So, she’s going to be a musician when she grows up? 😉

  3. mundo says:
    Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 10:21 am

    Hands up all those voters out there who know/care what SDA stands for.
    Didn’t think so.
    ________
    You know what I’d like to see? Some of those agreements that Tony Burke signed supermarket workers to when he was an organizer for the SDA and how these agreements compared with those that were considered illegal by FWA.

  5. BW

    how rarely our parliament sits at all. This goes to the heart of Morrison’s systematic avoidance of accountability and transparency.

    But nothing to say about Daniel Andrews who initially suspended parliament with no date as to when it would resume. An emergency sitting was subsequently held in order to ram through an omnibus bill ( 305 pages long) which was only released 3 days prior to the meeting to the opposition and cross benchers.

  8. nath @ #100 Sunday, May 10th, 2020 – 10:25 am

    mundo says:
    Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 10:21 am

    Hands up all those voters out there who know/care what SDA stands for.
    Didn’t think so.
    ________
    You know what I’d like to see? Some of those agreements that Tony Burke signed supermarket workers to when he was an organizer for the SDA and how these agreements compared with those that were considered illegal by FWA.

    Hands up all those voters out there who know/care what SDA and or FWA stands for.

  9. Yes the economy will change. Once domestic travel restrictions are eased we will see an increase in domestic travel/holidays which will benefit local retail, hospitality and tourism. This will offset the absence in overseas travel and holidays. More economic activity held in Australia.

    Business will close but be replaced by new opportunities.

  10. mundo @ #105 Sunday, May 10th, 2020 – 10:27 am

    nath @ #100 Sunday, May 10th, 2020 – 10:25 am

    mundo says:
    Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 10:21 am

    Hands up all those voters out there who know/care what SDA stands for.
    Didn’t think so.
    ________
    You know what I’d like to see? Some of those agreements that Tony Burke signed supermarket workers to when he was an organizer for the SDA and how these agreements compared with those that were considered illegal by FWA.

    Hands up all those voters out there who know/care what SDA and or FWA stands for.

    ‘As an ordinary voter not connected with Labor history’ says Nath.
    You sound pretty connected to something there Natho.

  11. davidwh @ #106 Sunday, May 10th, 2020 – 10:28 am

    Yes the economy will change. Once domestic travel restrictions are eased we will see an increase in domestic travel/holidays which will benefit local retail, hospitality and tourism. This will offset the absence in overseas travel and holidays. More economic activity held in Australia.

    Business will close but be replaced by new opportunities.

    Yes, Scarlett.

  14. mundo says:
    Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 10:29 am

    ‘As an ordinary voter not connected with Labor history’ says Nath.
    You sound pretty connected to something there Natho.
    ____________
    That was Lizzie saying that. dickhead.

  16. nath

    Thanks for the reminder about Burke and the Tarkine. We visited in 2016 – a stunning ecosystem. I took photographs of fungi, ferns and trees, framed the best of them and have them displayed around the house – a daily reminder of why I became a member of the Greens.

  19. Pegasus @ #113 Sunday, May 10th, 2020 – 10:32 am

    nath

    Thanks for the reminder about Burke and the Tarkine. We visited in 2016 – a stunning ecosystem. I took photographs of fungi, ferns and trees, framed the best of them and have them displayed around the house – a daily reminder of why I became a member of the Greens.

    Nath and Pego.
    Thought so.

    Get a room.

  22. This is from New Zealand.

    Louise Ternouth
    @LouiseTernouth
    ·
    20h
    A sad story to cover, but a reality for many, principals tell me they’ve lost many students who are working full time instead of going back to school, to support their parents who lost their jobs due to Covid-19.

  27. nath @ #111 Sunday, May 10th, 2020 – 10:31 am

    mundo says:
    Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 10:29 am

    ‘As an ordinary voter not connected with Labor history’ says Nath.
    You sound pretty connected to something there Natho.
    ____________
    That was Lizzie saying that. dickhead.

    I missed this one.
    Jeez Nath, are you ok buddy?
    I know this has been tough for all of us but I thought you were one of the strong ones.
    Mundo is here for you.

  30. Confessions @ #127 Sunday, May 10th, 2020 – 10:37 am

    C@t:

    That’s insane! No wonder they can’t get a hold on the infection rate.

    Yep. I think you need to do the masks AND the Social Distancing. As my son said, what about the recirculated air? What about long flights that take hours? He said someone’s going to have to invent a topless plane to let the fresh air in! 😀

  33. Some advice please.

    I was advised to buy one of those wheat-filled bags as a possible aid to sciatic pain.

    It’s quite a long one that only just fits into my microwave. The instructions are very clear that it will get very hot, not to heat it for more than 2 mins, watch for burns, etc. But I don’t think it’s getting very hot at all.

    I think because it’s bigger than the normal small ones, I can heat it for longer. If I do, will it explode? catch on fire? anyone had experience?

  34. The G

    Doherty, a Nobel laureate, also told the ABC there was “no way” governments could avoid relaxing lockdown restrictions, but said it was “very likely” infection numbers would increase.

    “There is no way that we can avoid relaxing these restrictions,” Doherty said.

    “We can’t keep the country shut down forever. People are already getting restless, from what I understand. We do have to lift them, but carefully because we can handle a certain level of infection in the community, and we would hope to keep it down to just, say, spot fires.”

    While an increase in cases was likely, he said the health system was prepared.

    “Nobody ever in the Australian scenario talked about eradication. We thought we might be getting close to it, but that just seemed too impossible a goal.

    “Maybe it is eradicated in South Australia. Maybe Western Australia. That would be fantastic. That would impose other restrictions, because you’d have to impose travel restrictions between the eastern states and western states, if have still got cases in the eastern states.

    “The shutdown did allow us to get all the testing in place … and also to get all the hospitals ready with more ventilators, more hospital space and more trained personnel.

    “The question will be – can we manage to keep a balance so that we don’t get overwhelmed in the hospitals, if it really does flare?”

  35. lizzie @ #130 Sunday, May 10th, 2020 – 10:42 am

    Some advice please.

    I was advised to buy one of those wheat-filled bags as a possible aid to sciatic pain.

    It’s quite a long one that only just fits into my microwave. The instructions are very clear that it will get very hot, not to heat it for more than 2 mins, watch for burns, etc. But I don’t think it’s getting very hot at all.

    I think because it’s bigger than the normal small ones, I can heat it for longer. If I do, will it explode? catch on fire? anyone had experience?

    Mundo uses one on his knee from time to time.
    The longer you leave it on one place the warmer/hotter it seems.
    Don’t overheat it.

  37. Lizzie I’ve got one of those bags too. If you put them on too long then the wheat burns. I find 2 minutes is ok sometimes. Try increasing the time in 15 second increments.
    If you go to 3 it’ll probably be too hot to safely use.
    You also need to let them cool right down before reheating or cut the time down.

  38. Mundo is exhausted from sharpening Natho’s pencil all morning so will now take a break and be back for the poll result tonight which will undoubtedly show a huge uptick for Labor and especially for Albo.
    I will lurk just in case you need me Natho.

  39. Funny when people say people wont tolerate being locked up any longer- all polls in Aus, US ad UK show 80 plus percent of people happy with a longer, even stricter lockdown.
    Noisy fringe groups and big business are good at controlling the narrative sadly.

  40. Nath has a lot of information about Labor let down shop assistants. He never mentions what the Liberals do.

    Many shop assistants work in the black economy, for cash and many are OS ‘students’. This is a direct result of Liberal policies. Not only does it effect these people, but bring down the working conditions and pay of people working in the white economy.

    Does Nath have anything to say about what the Liberals do? Not a thing.

    Nath is a Liberal Troll.

  43. PeeBee @ #137 Sunday, May 10th, 2020 – 10:50 am

    Nath has a lot of information about Labor let down shop assistants. He never mentions what the Liberals do.

    Many shop assistants work in the black economy, for cash and many are OS ‘students’. This is a direct result of Liberal policies. Not only does it effect these people, but bring down the working conditions and pay of people working in the white economy.

    Does Nath have anything to say about what the Liberals do? Not a thing.

    Nath is a Liberal Troll.

    This is why Mundo has enjoyed his work this morning.

  44. Very worried about KayJay, here.

    And especially huge thanks BK for the morning round up today – it as always a boon for which we are grateful, but particularly on a day of all days when you will be especially missing your Mum.

  45. C@t:

    I suspect it’s more the number of people in close confines, touching of frequently-touched surfaces and the amount of time they are all locked in the space that would be the bigger risk of infection spreading.

  49. Hi William,

    Just some corrections to your blogpost – Julian Burnside ran for Kooyong in the 2019 election, and David Risstrom ran for Cooper. Additionally, it was discovered that Huong Truong held Vietnamese citizenship, and as a result couldn’t run for federal parliament.

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