Here’s the final result in the Canberra poll - 12 Labor, 2 Greens, 11 Liberals :

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-22/act-election-final-tally-has-labor-12-liberals-11-greens-2/7957338

As for Dudley’s analysis of why the liberals lost, I don’t think tearing up contracts had anything to do with it. The LR was popular, their policy on it was cynical and wrong, and many Canberra public servants in particular had plenty of reasons to vote against them on other issues. I’m surprised they got 11 up.

It was the tearing up of the EWL contracts that helped Andrews win in Victoria, and it was only expensive because of the “poison pill” against cancellation inserted by the Napthine government to try and lock them in. There was no “opprobrium", just noise from the defeated liberals and their shills in the merdeoch rag and on bogan commercial radio.

And, given the road projects and the level crossing elimination scam that the Andrews government has started since the EWL was canned, their reputation for favouring sustainable transport over profligate road-oriented white elephants has been trashed as far as I’m concerned. They'd have a bit more credibility if they were extending tram lines to railway connections and buying more E class cars, instead of trying to pander to the insatiable demands of the pave-over-everthing road lobby. And you’d think the Melbourne metro would be enough to shut up the construction industry whiners.

Tony G

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