ACT election counting ongoing

As the ACT election count continues, some seats are expected to come down to the wire.

Transcript

00:00Anthony, we know a fair bit about the overall make-up of the Assembly, but what are some

00:07of those final results that we're still working through?

00:10You always get that final distribution within each party ticket.

00:14In Murrumbidgee we've got Ed Cox and Armdeep Singh very close for the second Liberal seat.

00:20And in Brindabella, Mick Gentleman.

00:21It may well be that Labor has two new members with Joy Birch retiring and Mick Gentleman

00:26looks like he's going to be defeated there, but it will take further counting to be certain.

00:30Much has been made of the Greens' performance at this election, losing half their seats.

00:36But how has the party's vote held up overall?

00:39The Greens' vote was slightly down, but it's still their third best result in ACT history.

00:44The thing about the Greens was they only just got to six seats last time.

00:47It was quite a surprise.

00:49It took only a small decrease in their vote to cost them half their seats.

00:53And that's exactly what happened.

00:55But they still have a very strong base.

00:57The significant thing that's come out of this election is the emergence of the independence

01:00for Canberra.

01:01For the first time in two decades we've got someone other than Labor, Liberal and Green

01:06in the Assembly.

01:07That plays into the future politics of the ACT, but also indicates that continuing trend

01:11in Australia that voters are looking for an alternative to the other parties and a credible

01:16independent has a good chance of getting elected.