A number of the Teals complained that OPV actively hurts their chances (a couple were going to push for change too) - some of the carryon about OPV is just crazy. If a voter doesn’t want to give preferences, thats their decision.
The limits on fundraising and expenditure that NSW (and I believe Victoria have) is also believed to have a significant impact as well - some of the Teals were spending high six (into 7) figures in the Federal election.
Did anyone really expect the teals to do well at the state level? The major parties at a state level accommodate the teal agenda pretty well. They are a solution without a problem.
Their role makes much more sense at a federal level against Morrison and Dutton.
Matt Kean has said he wont run for leader - Alistair Henskens is now likely frontrunner
A 13% swing against Kean in Hornsby is hardly comfortable.
Four years is a long time in opposition. Whoever becomes NSW Liberal leader now is unlikely to still be leader at the time of the next election.
If Kean stays in NSW politics he will bide his time before launching a leadership challenge 2yrs to 18months out from an election.
I’ll be surprised if it’s only 4 years.
It might take the Coalition a couple of terms to be a force again.
No chance Pesutto will be leading the VICLibs to the next election based on this. Clearly the power in the party is still with the far right.
Wuss. That’s another 10 years of Andrews at the very least. Pesutto is clearly useless.
Sarah Ferguson’s full interview with Pesutto
New South Wales is a dark, dark place.
John Pesutto sure has his work cut out for him.
Trust me, the rest of New South Wales is equally bewildered by this outcome.
Utterly humiliating for Pesutto, if there’s no resolution to this he cannot be taken seriously as opposition leader.
So this vile Moira Deeming person decided that now she’s escaped expulsion she’ll walk back on her defence and practically admit that she supports these neo-Nazis and those who were at that movement?
Pesutto basically got played by the extreme right of the party and they’re all a bunch of noobs.
Looks like Labor will struggle to reach a majority in NSW.
Antony’s latest projections have Labor at either 45 or 46 seats, short of the 47 seats for majority government. Labor have already secured confidence and supply from three of the independent crossbench, so they shouldn’t have too much trouble governing.
And they’ve also got the Greens who have 3 seats so that would give them more than enough leverage in the Legislative Assembly.
Don’t even think about the Greens, the further they stay away from them the better. The independents should be sufficient.
Except they would also have to often seek support from the Greens in the Legislative Council and other crossbenchers if they want legislation to pass