Discussion: Antony

I though he was looking rather weary on Saturday night, and possibly a bit frazzled by incoming emails suggesting his analysis was wrong. Maybe it's time for a succession plan.
Now that is something you could do!!

I too felt Antony was running "slow". Perhaps with the increase of info available at any one time and seat questions coming from many angles he had no flow or little preparedness. It was a little sad and awkward at times.

Yes. I think Blair would have held his composure together better under the pressure.

I opened the bubbly 50 minutes before AG called that the Libs could not form government. Others did as well. I think there is still some trauma from the previous election. That said, the pollsters seem to have sorted out their weighting issues.

I've sometimes thought I could do a reasonable job as a stand-in should Antony Green ever fall under a bus, but I think Casey Briggs is actually the heir apparent. Didn't really hear him in action on Saturday night as there wasn't much sound on the TVs at our function until later in the night when the speeches started. (Josh Frydenberg's overlong one was greeted at our end by the most rousing rendition I've heard of "Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye" since Ross Aloisi's red card in the 2007 A-League grand final).

I didn't understand why the ABC election computer had a hernia anytime there was a close three way contest. Shouldn't be too hard to program for alternative scenarios. It's not like it wasn't predictable even if it was a bit complex.

I think it was hard for Antony because of a few things but mostly the information flows were too massive for one person to get on top of in the short space of time between when the first meaningful data arrived and the result was called. He needs a few helpers like Blair behind the scenes to point him to where the action was happening rather than having to find AND interpret it all himself. The count goes so quickly these days.

I didn't think he looked too sad or awkward.

Blair. l think you should let your interest be known. Maybe even time for a career change :)

Blair what was your role on election day? It sounds like you were out promoting Labor and/or attending a Labor social function but you also mentioned seeing ballot papers, which only AEC staff and scrutineers are allowed to do (or were you a scrutineer who left early to go to a social function?)

I was handing out early and late, then scrutineered. The count (apart from the Senate, which no on-the-night scrutineer cares about) in our booth was done by 7.45.

I did try to fob off our scrutineer after the HoR was done but she said she was also interested in the Senate count so she hung around until that was finished (although not for all the packing up to be completed afterwards). The Deakin count in our booth attracted four scrutineers to our one for Menzies.

You mean she didn't follow you home afterwards?

I went to drop off all the election materials. They wouldn't let her in.

We had 4 scrutineers in Boothby booth i was at - Lib & Labor left after HoR, other two were having a good old chat but didnt stay for pack-up. I reckon that Labour didnt gain much at all but benefited from a big swing from Libs to Greens.