Simon has had a little bit to say this morning:

Some companies have revenues bigger than states … and some states outsource the activity … https://michaelwest.com.au/whos-paying-to-undermine-australian-democracy-scam-of-the-week/

The advertising material i got (Bradfield) from the libs had how to vote and a flyer from one of the local real estate agencies … in what world does this not scream “conflict of interests!!!

My decoding of the free-marketeers is in line with: Taxing addictive substances is great for company profits. If you also make health care more expensive its a win-win. For example, realise that curing diabetes would cause GDP to fall because it wipes out the treatment industry.

On Adam Bandt voting early and his line about “iconic behaviour” Jay said:

Lordy lou that’s a cringe line “iconic behaviour”

Adam Bandt is probably also voting today to try and get more coverage and maybe even get his photo in the paper tomorrow…(although it seems like the Greens media strategy has been focused elsewhere, just like the voters they are trying to attract)

Oliver notes the PM may have been trying to appeal to one particular voter in Tasmania with his ice coffee photo op:

The PM seen here campaigning to that one particular voter in Launceston TAS shown on ABC’s ‘The Weekly with Charlie Pickering’ for whom the cost of an iced coffee was the main issue this Federal Election.

And Robert asks:

Hi Amy. Dutton is still going on about some kind of “miracle” tomorrow which might enable the Coalition to win, despite all the polls showing Labor on track to form government. Maybe he is just trying to reassure his supporters despite the mounting evidence that he will fail.

Remembering what happened in 2019, is there any rational reason to believe that the Coalition could win, helped by One Nation preferencing them in certain seats? Or is it just delusional to believe in “the silent millions” coming to his rescue?

It’s a good question. And nothing should ever be ruled out. It is unlikely that the polls will be as wrong as Peter Dutton is claiming. One Nation doesn’t run in enough seats to flip the election result alone, and the Coalition doesn’t appear to be on track to win back those inner city seats it would need for a feasible pathway. And the idea that ‘quiet Australians’ or silent Australians will be turning out in their millions also relies on the fact that they are apparently so quiet, they are never picked up by pollsters. So, it is very unlikely that Dutton will achieve his ‘miracle’.

(And Hattie – it is indeed the great Dolly Parton I am invoking when I say ‘Oh Dolly’, and I will not hear a word against her)