There'll be a lot of commentary about how or why this happened, but there's a strong suggestion it's the 65+ and the dividend imputation changes we discussed above that killed Labor. Very sad that real reform in this country just can't happen.
I remember last year (?) when Labor first announced that policy and a co-worker was talking about it. I was really surprised to hear about the current status quo, and to me Labor's policy just made sense. But it has certainly laid them open to a lot of attack. So yes, I'm also disappointed.
At the moment it's looking like swings towards ALP in most Victorian seats, including Liberal held ones like mine - just not enough to have seats change hands. Unlike QLD and NSW.
A co-worker said to me yesterday "If the election is called Saturday night, it will have to be for Labor. It could only be Liberal if it was a very tight result". Sadly, it seems not so. It's hard sometimes to remember that Victoria isn't representative of the rest of Australia...
So ends the "Climate Change election". What comes next?