Apparently so. pic.twitter.com/5VKk5PQ5bI
@indiescribe @ApostrophePong I am lazy lol.
@ApostrophePong Lol. Neither really. Albo will be PM, Penny Wong will be foreign minister, and this will all be very interesting indeed.
Profile pic change time. pic.twitter.com/OOWZ09sG0y
Greenslide-ish? But yeah OK I’ll give them this. twitter.com/AdamBandt/stat…
PPantsdown Soggy Saos w/ John Howard later.
barriecassidy Don’t concession speeches usually concede something?
JohnBirmingham Jesus there’s a shouty breathy desperation to this.
bruisedmelons1 @stilgherrian Ok Scummo, wrap it up you gumboot. You lost. Nobody gives a shit about your claimed achievements. Now..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Xl
This concession speech is all, over the fuckin’ shop.
You Sexy Thing (I Believe in Miracles) by Hot Chocolate youtube.com/watch?v=aOl4oe…
And there it is. pic.twitter.com/lTmdbR6338
Morrison has called Albanese to concede.
@shiftkey To 1 Martin Place, apparently. :)
@KarlettaA Sadly it was not literally. :) Take care, Karletta.
Scott Morrison is on the move! pic.twitter.com/vZawa4ZfdQ
“Pauline and the big bloke have cannibalised each other.” — David Littleproud.
Bedeapk Has anyone done a welfare check on Paul Kelly and Greg Sheridan?
@lukeofpreston @paranoidfemoid Yep, and quite a good Senator. Smart. But yeah he needs to do some shuffling to become leader.
“Pure class”!
MOO, YOU COW!
chriskennett Josh you aren’t saying anything
rgcooke Some candidates look nervous not about the prospect of a loss, but of a federal ICAC becoming reality.
developerjack Concede you coward @JoshFrydenberg #ausvotes pic.twitter.com/ItK1P0hbru
kels_316 Oh for fuck sake cut this. Who fucking cares.
_BertHandsome CRY CUNT. CRY.
@lukeofpreston @paranoidfemoid Needs a lower house seat. :) But yes, he saw the state of play early on. tonight
“Let’s look at Dickson, which may deliver the next Liberal leader on the Stephen Bradbury principle of the last man..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…zy
JohnBirmingham I for one would like to welcome our new West Australian overlords
Leo_Puglisi6 Hahahahaha twitter.com/Christo6993384…
@chrisbrownie Every day, Chris. Every day.
@chrisbrownie Shrooms? Mate, I live in the Blue Mountains. I just need to walk down some nearby tracks!
@JustJimWillDo Yes and that is definitely who sent that tweet lol.
@MartinCuddihy There’s a lot of things here that no one saw coming. What a world!
Oh FFS! pic.twitter.com/SWhPewtkPk
@lukeofpreston @paranoidfemoid Yeah I think he’s OK with “It is what it is”. So is Simon Birmingham, who’s already..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Yv
I mean there’s a possibility I’ve accidentally eaten a shitload of shrooms but even so.
And now inner Brisbane is a Greens heartland, so that’s a thing.
GreenJ In which the Australian describes a Labor victory. pic.twitter.com/nk2GlAoLTH
Nom nom nom! Poor bloke. twitter.com/paranoidfemoid…
@garthk This has to be the best line of the night.
“The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.” — Tony Barry, former Liberal staffer.
@michaelneale You are better than this, Michael.
@errolwi Yep. Weird, eh?
@BoomerDea The person speaking. I’d give them a hand-held mic and get it right on their mouth. But TV director seem..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PX
@oberonsghost Complex outside broadcasts wre my speciality. A random feed like that, you just stare at your panel a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…81
@oberonsghost It’s audio from another venue. Two channels open.
@glengyron No, it’s some other audio from another venue is also mixed in.
Trent Zimmerman conceding in North Sydney.
@fictillius Tanya went to her electorate event.
@juhasaarinen @RealNickHodge I can say, without a shadow of doubt, that Australia has won the election.
I have been told that schadenfreude is a sin, but hey here we go. twitter.com/Chrisquirk/sta…
urthboy reckon she knows who @SallySitou is now 😤 pic.twitter.com/HQr8plYxfe
@juhasaarinen @RealNickHodge Sad but true.
@errolwi I believe the Electoral Act here says there can’t be a start to counting before 6.01pm local time on the day.
kels_316 The greens are having a fucking blinder and not one green on the @ABCTV panel. Fucking pathetic.
@BoomerDea I could explain this in some detail but it’s very boring. Tl;dr: It’s difficult when the person on camer..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FY
RealNickHodge I wonder when Dutto calls out the ADF and declare a coup?
@errolwi Ah! We count them in the other order. On election night they count the ballots of the day, and then open t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ok
@damonism @Idealaw @damana Ah! Still, this might be enough to call it? I guess we’ll find out tomorrow!
@errolwi Ah! Yeah this makes sense. I am so foolish as to think things could happen more quickly than waiting for t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…pb
Pollytics The TL:DR version of the election results so far?
A large part of the country going “You want a Culture War motherfuckers!”
@LamingtonBiafra Exactly.
@Idealaw @damana They’ll got for the pre-polls tonight, and I gather AEC will count postals from tomorrow rather th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Ms
Seen in Randwick, Sydney, earlier this evening. pic.twitter.com/9ZZH2l59MX
Rob_Stott The Paul Fletcher Moment twitter.com/barriecassidy/…
@damana And rightly so! :)
@damana Lol I have no clear idea of your heritage, because whatever, but as total Adelaide white trash I can say th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…KI
@damana Doesn’t it make you proud! :)
Bold call from The Oooooolmunn here. twitter.com/mfarnsworth/st…
I think what we need is more white people saying what “the Chinese vote” means. Because they’re ALL THE SAME. Arsehats.
@chuqtas No. Just as simplistic though, that Australia’s ham-fisted approach to diplomacy with China has swung Chin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…U8
@kels_316 Well, yes. These people are idiots.
@qianjinghua Rock on! :)
Sorry, but the analysis of “the ethnic vote” and especially “the Chinese” has been so, so fucking shallow over the past few weeks.
CHINESE LANGUAGE! pic.twitter.com/FpoiePIx0n
Pollytics I’m still laughing at the boat not turning up on time. It’s like Four Seasons Total People Smuggling
@jamescmcpherson It’s still going down to the line though. Dutton back ahead in the latest numbers I looked at.
cameronwilson to be clear I am not at the Greems party twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
@robwise @cameronwilson I was very nearly going to make a comment along those lines lol.
Reminder: Referring to a possible outcome as a “hung parliament” is spin to favour the idea that there should only..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lR
Narrator: Listener, she did not. twitter.com/dannolan/statu…
Bearded munters FTW! pic.twitter.com/ugPb96NX89
Can I just say that this is all very interesting indeed. #AusVotes2022
So what you’re saying is that Scott Morrison is up for next Sen-Gen of the UN?
There should be a prize for being able to name these random backbenchers from Queensland.
rohan_p .@AntonyGreenElec just called it: Craig Kelly will not be PM.
@naomhkilda I’ve always thought he was one of those with w working brain. That he’s kicked off this measured but sh..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ax
Simon Birmingham on ABC straight out of the blocks with a not-very-well-disguised leadership pitch. It is 7.40pm.
@jsleeio Monty will always have these things. :)
matthewlorenzon @craigreucassel We loved it so much we recreated it with tiny cocktails. pic.twitter.com/xjtLgqWAKD
PPantsdown So apparently being a massive transphobe takes about 7% off your party’s vote, even in conservative areas.
fesshole I once took out a loan with Lloyds bank. They sent me the application form to sign and return. I opened their lette..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…JY
@MatthewBevan The Antony Algorithm speaks!
michaelneale Fortunately Dave Sharma got a 100 TER so he can get a sweet gig at Harvey Norman when he loses.
@PossumsAreJerks [Bows.] Glad to be of service.
@DigitalMediaBoy I’ll wear it.
The Undead gather behind him, peering through the mirror to the mortal world. pic.twitter.com/HFRBJu0P5e
@JonoInAotearoa @michaelneale Similar classic big-verandah pub. No, this is the Royal in Randwick. Because reasons.
@JonoInAotearoa @michaelneale You may be thinking of the Commercial.
upulie Oh fuck Leigh Sales is hosting this? Fuck’s sakes
@JonoInAotearoa No no, I am in Sydney. In the sort-of eastern suburbs.
@oberonsghost @abcnews Lol you’re up early!
Oops forgot to update my profile pic. pic.twitter.com/afXmwd9eec
And here we are. pic.twitter.com/NsSH0RtQ3X
@AusBerlin84 @SnarkyPlatypus It must be. rAbbott casserole, carrots Julianne, and a Greens salad And a vast amount of alcohol.
@juhasaarinen What? No!
@juhasaarinen I was thinking that. I’ll have a closer look when I’m back at base.
@ApostrophePong @staticsan @NewtonMark Yep, the one time I’ve done that it’s also so beautiful.
orinthomas Somewhere in a room deep underground right now, psyching himself up, @AntonyGreenElec has “Eye of the Tiger” playin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9Y
Having a quick early Election Night dinner. pic.twitter.com/op4J44VWpB
SandyHorne61 A flying tomato?
No … a red-backed fairywren.
#ElectionDistraction #PoliticsFreeZone pic.twitter.com/6Yfagmutcu
@abaranov Not on Sydney trams, annoyingly.
@staticsan @NewtonMark Yes, when @ApostrophePong was commuting between Bangkok and DC then Inchon was the halfway p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6Y
On a tram. pic.twitter.com/QI8DHGBAND
@RealNickHodge @NewtonMark And yet he went back.
@NewtonMark Is that the right order? This seems like a lot of faffing about over the West Philippine Sea.
@NewtonMark OK now I am having a sook about flying UA non-stop SYD-SFO because cheap-arse vendors and algorithms.
@NewtonMark This LAX-NAN-SYD idea seems like quite a sensible idea. Some off-plane time to breathe etc.
@archierosesyd @SatPaper I should say that I am not connected with @archierosesyd or @SatPaper in any way, but am h..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…It
@NewtonMark Seems adequate.
Just receives an @archierosesyd promo email via @SatPaper for their The Saturday Gin. I’d have sent it on Friday, b..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ei
@wombat1974 @SnarkyPlatypus I certainly shall, and it may be sooner than you think! ;)
@wombat1974 @SnarkyPlatypus He’s doing well, and thanks for asking. He’s had a bit of a health problem and has chos..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ZO
@JustJimWillDo @SnarkyPlatypus Nope, checked the metadata. Nokia N80. Great phone. pic.twitter.com/SaTpNG1gt7
@JustJimWillDo @SnarkyPlatypus I’m trying to think what phone I would’ve had on 2007 to produce such a now-shitty p..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8a
Hey @dobes @rohan_p @NewtonMark, remember the days? twitter.com/stilgherrian/s…
Earlier that month lol. pic.twitter.com/ITRvbeY2IB
And then on election night @SnarkyPlatypus and I were well prepared. Just look at that 2007 technology! pic.twitter.com/9mTY5Y23qv
As he did so, an AFP Protective Services guy appeared ay me elbow, seemingly from nowhere, and said “There isn’t go..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MW
Back in 2007 there was an open day at Kirribilli House just days before the election. This chap stripped off his to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…FL
@jeamland @NewtonMark @kels_316 Bingo!
Moxie_Manda Ma’am, I won a Pulitzer Prize last week and I live in a basement apartment with a roommate. twitter.com/oliverdarcy/st…
@jeamland @NewtonMark @kels_316 Pffft! It was Denise Drysdale.
Tfw you think you’re as recognisable as the Prime Minister but even more of a drama queen. twitter.com/DrewPavlou/sta…
@Kimbo_Ramplin @BoomerDea There may be a particular ungrouped independent you want to support, or you may disagree..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9v
@HartWexford @NewtonMark @kels_316 Oops sorry I meant this story. pic.twitter.com/pzRl5LN1AD
murpharoo Just in case people have forgotten about election day texting 👇 smh.com.au/politics/feder…
@jeamland @NewtonMark @kels_316 Or Churchill. Or George Orwell.
@HartWexford @NewtonMark @kels_316 They were probably just on their way to fill up. pic.twitter.com/ECvl5WdH4l
@NewtonMark @HartWexford @kels_316 Hmmm. That’s literally the main river through Colombo.
@NewtonMark @HartWexford @kels_316 Do we have a map yet?
@NewtonMark @HartWexford @kels_316 Lol! More seriously these small boats don’t do much about 10 knots, and given ne..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Yc
@AnthonyLee900 No wait I am up for ScoMo and PVO indulging in a little scat play. Not my thing, but I don’t judge.
paulwallbank Gotta say the ‘no-drinking before 3pm’ or ‘spewing before midnight’ are toughies. #AusVotes2022 twitter.com/NeilMcMahon/st…
@NewtonMark @kels_316 “In the future everything will be true for 12 hours.” — Andy Warwhol, probably.
@NewtonMark @kels_316 Yeah but just before 2025. Middleton is not one to go off half-cocked on these stories. But….twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4K
@Thisisadeadend I’ve just heard that the Liberal Party is texting about this. No confirmation from a recipient yet.
DemSausage Exciting news #democracysausage enthusiasts! We have now beaten the 2019 record for the number of stalls with sausa..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…qh
Morrison’s tackle? Yeah we’ve all seen the photos. Oh wait. twitter.com/gabriellecj/st…
tfswebb great to see so many celebrating our democratic rights. spare a thought today for journalists, who are prohibited by law from voting
@JustJimWillDo I think it’s more that they work for her. I reckon she’d hold some shares, for old times’ sake.
Her Majesty is getting frisky now that she’s a single girl! pic.twitter.com/m39DTcOokI
Shaun. To the tune of “Flashdance”.
@NewtonMark It has all been explained. stilgherrian.com/essay/revealed…
Sendrill.
PatrickLenton the guy at the voting desk didn’t seem to know that journalists get around 100 votes each in the election, but we g..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5u
Passing the Hill of Dead Pets.
Lelliottphoto Local voter Jim Finn, holding daughter Allegra, casts his ballot on the morning of the Australian national election..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…o0
Well this is quite a thing. Not sure what to make of it. twitter.com/TamePunk/statu…
zdaniel So this is what it’s come to. Outside my house this morning. Intimidation and bullying will not work. Let’s do this..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ra
@NewtonMark No good will come of this.
timothyjgraham This is ‘trust me bro’ engineering at full tilt twitter.com/mjarchie1/stat…
HighCourtTrivia A very prominent barrister once told me she filled out her Senate ballot by putting one party’s candidates first, a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…UK
REMINDER: Before you watch @AntonyGreenElec tonight, watch his explanation of how he rolls the numbers. Contains ma..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sc
“‘Technically more difficult’: ABC analyst Antony Green on the challenges of calling the 2022 election” theguardian.com/australia-news…
AntonyGreenElec Extra-ordinary pre-poll and postal vote numbers by division. Several seats with more than 60% of electors casting a..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…EZ
_BertHandsome Event most likely to occur today:
(#ausvotes)
GiovanniTorre Therapist: “Sexy Lenin isn’t real - he’s not going to smash your town with a hammer.”
Sexy Lenin: pic.twitter.com/YQsioB0Qgi
Good to know. pic.twitter.com/yR5VL9kXSa
BrianDMcBride A+ headline. pic.twitter.com/LEKAd2WwA0
ssharwood Local democracy sausage be punny pic.twitter.com/ljzi26lWwS
@seanpryor I do. :) I’m pretty sure this is the same pair that regularly trawls the station. Certainly not the same..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Br
@eddit0r Nope. I’m pretty sure it was an acacia but it’s just a few random logs now. I’ll get a proper ID when I’m back.
At least I have some company while waiting for the 11.48am train. These two magpies like the crumbs from my sausage..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…JZ
The end of coal. pic.twitter.com/73opiES05r
After no taxi for 45 minutes I accepted the inevitable. But just as I took the second photo a neighbour was driving..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sx
Having a sook. pic.twitter.com/AXwW8dGapl
@mikjeffo Apart from not wanting to do business with those cunts, they don’t operate here.
It is now 10.33am and no sign of the taxi. Hope I can still make the 10.32am train.
Random weird jelly-like things on a tree stump. (Platypus for scale.) pic.twitter.com/akBZEyIsDb
And now to see whether the local taxi company can actually get a car to me for 10am. It is now 10.10am. The odds are slim.
Curious. NSW Labor only sent me practical voting advice, not campaign messages. pic.twitter.com/pwKin3sINB
@dpwcarson @GrogsGamut @davpope @dobes We do. There’s a fine tradition going back 150 years or so, of course, but t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zt
Every now and then someone I follow quote-tweets something I can’t see. Nearly every time I click through to see wh..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iA
LexPlans Oh no. He’s ruined twitter.com/GuardianAus/st…
Sarah_Alice_X Elon going full Denny Crane. All he needs to do now is fall in love with a sheep. twitter.com/elonmusk/statu…
Nice @davpope today, @dobes. pic.twitter.com/chlhwuwh6t
@opinionatedStu Sorry using IPA is a dick move. A shorter O is the go. Like in “dog” rather than “boat”.
I only got 5/10 in @SatPaper quiz today. The average score so far is 6/10. I rushed it. I knew two of the other ans..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Qo
@opinionatedStu /pɒlɪŋ/ not /pəʊlɪŋ/.
Overnight “The 9pm Winter Series 2022” crowdfunder surged to 72% of Target Two with just on five and a half days to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Lb
DarylTractor Brilliant. Dan Tehan’s challenger, Independent Alex Dyson, highlighting the state of the roads in the chronically-i..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zj
@jeamland Yeah it’s completely ducked.
IMPORTANT! PLEASE HELP ADD DATA TO THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY. #democracysausage twitter.com/DemSausage/sta…
@darrenpauli Nah I couldn’t pull off the top hat look.
@jeamland Where, exactly?
Well then, @SatPaper… :) Also, The Saturday Paper has dropped the paywall site-wide today. thesaturdaypaper.com.au pic.twitter.com/vHxXu7mMyH
Sat plan: A few quick chores; 1032 train to Sydney; haircut; errands; check in; certain preparations; 1800 AEST wat..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…p5
Popehat I apologize; I’ve been informed Elon Musk is not an engineer. I drew conclusions based on his grasp of law. I regret the error.
@jonnosan303 True. It could go either way.
@JennaPrice There are never any further explanations.
@paulkidd The best bit about that dance is you know it’s to “Y.M.C.A.”.
It’s a damp and gloomy day in the Blue Mountains today. pic.twitter.com/B9RP82x5TW
Saturday. Remember the parable of the cow and the butter knife. Your lucky number is 1. Saturday.
@dmeeze And if you don’t dance, well, you’re no friend of mine.
IT’S ELECTION DAY! IT’S ELECTION DAY! DANCE! DANCE! EVERYBODY DANCE!