Yesterday's State Election has come and gone without very much excitement. In previous years, Marilyn and I might have been working but those days are gone. Jamie still put his hand up and was sent to a small booth in the town of Hillwood. He said he spend most of the day outside the small hall which
is in front of the local football oval and there was a match being played so Jamie was directing traffic: this way for the football, that way if you are voting.
It seems to be clear that the Liberal Government has been returned which is a bit of a surprise as they have made some serious errors. At the beginning of their last term, they ordered two new ships, from Finland I think, for the Devonport to Geelong run. Both ships have been completed but can't be delivered because somebody forgot to check whether they would fit into the existing port facilities. Apparently they don't so the delivery has been delayed until new faciliiies can be built.. One of the ships has spent months tied up at Leith in Scotland and we happened to see it when we were watching a Youtube video with one of our regulars, Steve Marsh.
One of the politicians standing yesterday was a young woman that I taught at Friends school in the early-1980s. Her grandfather, Albert Ogilvie, was a Labor Premier of the state and it's no surprise that Madeleine followed in his footsteps. What is surprising, perhaps, is that she defected to the Liberal Party and was a Minister in the last parliament. I don't think she has been re-elected but the reports are a bit patchy.
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