Brough?

Maybe electors in that Godforsaken electorate of poverty and unemployment and domestic mayhem knew Brough supported WorkChoices '110%' and resented that?

Maybe, doubtful for that area but maybe, they also saw some folly in the domestic invasion of the NT run by Lt. Brough, and knew that 'not much' would come from the exercise, as has proved to be the case, including under that hopeless Macklin?

Maybe Brough's electors could see through the shine, and saw not much underneath?

Particularly when one considers how he's behaved since, in a rather petulant manner, to say the least.

King Hazza,
I suggest you study who opposed privitisation of Snowy Scheme and organised public rallies and voted against the sale of NSW Electricity because it affected families and small business - it was Family First Gordon Moyes - Read NSW Hansard. Obviously you go off half cocked and unneducated. Regarding the other issues that you mention they do not improve the life of women or children or family; they are mere expedient alternatives to a healthy and responsible life.

Fair enough- but again, their other stances I mentioned are simply too much against my values (and what I consider to be personal freedoms and rights) to give them my primary vote. If any candidates endorse interfering with abortion and euthanasia, and endorse any kind of automatic web filtering (or spying if it ever seemed to be the case also), not to mention an indigenous policy that rubs off as paternalistic, the best they can hope for is the middle of the ballot (for parties with SOME good stances and a good example, but too many negatives to justify a more substantial place (and that is even despite their actually quite good and honest position on perks, allowances and privatization whenever it came up in parliament or senate. If they'd reverse the above, I'd well be motivated to put them FIRST.
The Liberals, Labor, Nationals and Democrats, get bottom place, with all of the fishing, shooting, old-people advocate parties just above to minimize their preference value).