{"id":24054,"date":"2014-11-30T14:18:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T03:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=24054"},"modified":"2019-04-16T13:31:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T03:31:24","slug":"greens-elated-with-melbourne-win-as-labor-forms-government-takvera-reports-vicvotes-from-greeningbrunswick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/greens-elated-with-melbourne-win-as-labor-forms-government-takvera-reports-vicvotes-from-greeningbrunswick\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens elated with Melbourne win: Labor wins Government. @Takvera on #vicvotes from #GreeningBrunswick"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Early results show Ellen Sandell winning for the Greens in Melbourne<\/p><\/div>\n

The dust is settling on the Victorian election with Labor winning Government. It is the first time since 1955 of a single term Government being kicked out in Victoria. The Greens also celebrated Ellen Sandell winning the seat of Melbourne from Labor’s Jennifer Kanis. While elation in the Greens camp was high with this win, other races are too close to call or the Greens may just fall short.<\/p>\n

I reported election night from the Brunswick Greens election night party. Brunswick has been a real contest between Labor and the Greens with Tim Read requiring a 3.6% swing from Labor’s Jane Garrett. At the end of the night Jane Garrett was leading by one percent. Read did not concede defeat with about 30 per cent of the vote in uncounted postal and prepoll voting. He told me at night’s end that it would be a difficult position to win from.<\/p>\n

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