I thought I would revive this thread to congratulate Nick Xenophon and his team on the good result they achieved in SA on Saturday. Despite the mud slinging by Xenophobes like Shadow Minister, most of their mud got deflected, and appears to have stuck to their man Malcolm.
Although the result is far from clear Nick and his team will add a great deal of balance to the Senate. Good to see the scum bag Liberal Jamie Briggs was soundly beaten by NXT candidate Rebekha Sharkie in the seat of Mayo thanks to strong Labor and Greens preferences. The loss of a Greens Senator in SA is unfortunate, but with two others joining Nick its not to bad, it would be if they were crazy Hansonites or some such fools.
Closer to home, I was very pleased my number one pick Lee Rhiannon was easily returned in NSW, that is what doing a good job gets you. The political nutter and deceitful misrepresenter. David Leyonhjelm looks gone for all money, the Shooter and Hooters appealed to their broad Ranbo base of gunnies, and scored less than 2% of the vote. In Victoria I was pleased that Adam Bandt was able to increase his margin despite the Liberals backing Labor. That's what working hard for your constituency achieves. Good to see the mad motorists Ricky Muir drive off into the sunset.
All in all, a happy result foe some, but not for others. Ah Shadow.