While the Australian Labor Party celebrates its national success after last Saturday’s federal election, as the TT goes to press it is still not clear who will win the House of Representatives seat of Bendigo. Counting of preferences continues and it may come down to postal votes; the prospect of a recount is becoming a possibility. The count has Labor’s incumbent Lisa Chesters on a see-saw with the Nationals’ Andrew Lethlean after neither won more than 50% of first preference votes.

Meanwhile, the Australian Electoral Commission has published localised elec