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The purpose of the post was not in regard to One Nation or their candidate, but to draw attention to the slackness of the South Australian Electoral Commission. It is safe in hindsight to say the number of missed votes had no effect on the outcome, but very well could have. How can locked boxes of votes go neglected?

Siso, what language are you writing in? It certainly isn't English.

This is an article about what David Attenborough had to say about Trump. Disregard the video, It's basically a 10 minute travelogue of America - doesn't contain the Attenborough speech. https://wealth.cafex.biz/posts/david-attenboroughs-unfiltered-moment-when-quiet-voice-turned-into-global-hoangle123-team-prism-f812

CONGRATULATIONS (AGAIN) CHANTELLE: So the Electoral Commission of South Australia found 642 votes they didn't know they'd lost. Then decided only 81 of them were worth counting. 🟠 Let that sit for a second. Three sealed boxes of absent ballots were sitting somewhere, unopened, since the March 21 state election. Votes cast by real people at the Port Pirie Early Voting Centre and polling places in the electorate of Stuart, who were enrolled elsewhere and doing the normal thing of voting while away from home. Those boxes were supposed to be sent to the "absent exchange" in Adelaide, sorted by electorate, and forwarded to the correct returning officer for counting. They never were. Nobody noticed. Not on election night. Not during the count. Not during the recount. Not when writs were returned. 81 of those votes belonged to Chantelle Thomas MP - Member for Narungga had been declared the winner for One Nation by 58 votes. So the maths suddenly mattered. ECSA ordered a further count on Friday. Scrutineers attended. The count went ahead. Chantelle increased her margin to 74. Good result. Seat confirmed. Here is where it gets interesting. The other 561 votes are not being counted. ECSA says the margins in those other seats are too large for the votes to change the outcome. That is probably true in a narrow mathematical sense. It is also entirely beside the point. Because the question is not whether those 561 votes change who won. The question is how 642 votes went missing in the first place, how the absent vote reconciliation system failed to flag it, how nobody at the absent exchange noticed they had received boxes from 46 electorates instead of 47, and whether the three boxes that were found are the only three boxes that exist. Acting Commissioner Leah McLay was asked about the cause. Her exact words were: "We have not investigated what the cause of the error was." That is the Electoral Commission of South Australia, almost a month after the election, telling the public it has not looked into how hundreds of ballots sat uncounted in sealed boxes. And in the same breath, assuring everyone that "no other irregularities have been identified." You cannot identify what you have not looked for.

Ben Roberts-Smith has been granted bail by Local Court Judge Greg Grogin in Sydney after being charged with five counts of war crime murder. The 47-year-old former SAS corporal was released from Silverwater Correctional Complex on Friday, April 17, 2026, following a hearing where the court acknowledged the exceptional circumstances of the case, noting that the trial could take years to resolve. Bail conditions imposed on Roberts-Smith include: Forfeiting his passport and reporting to police three times a week. Granting authorities access to his electronic devices. A strict travel restriction preventing him from leaving Queensland except for legal or medical reasons. A $250,000 bond (surety) provided by his father, former judge Len Roberts-Smith, which would be forfeited if conditions are breached. The judge ruled that these stringent conditions would mitigate risks regarding flight or witness interference, despite opposition from Crown prosecutors who argued the charges were gravely serious and that there was evidence suggesting Roberts-Smith had attempted to move overseas. While Roberts-Smith denies the allegations, the criminal case follows a 2023 defamation trial where a judge found the accusations of murder were substantially true.

My son has been on holiday in Thailand with mates for 10 days. He was due to fly home tonight, arriving sometime in the morning. He texted to say his flight had been cancelled. I'm assuming it was a fuel situation. Another text a few minutes ago to say he had been moved to another flight arriving 12 am Sunday. Fingers crossed.

The refinery is 70 years old. They say it was an equipment failure that caused it.

Here is Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, sending up Trump, first on his attack on the Pope, then he spots the likeness to himself in the 'patient' being healed by Trump appearing as Jesus in an AI picture, and Trump's weak explanation of the picture. You can disregard the rest of the video, or watch it if you you like.

I went out this evening to get some extra petrol before the effect of the Geelong refinery fire is felt. 91 octane at the local BP and the 7-Eleven was at 211.9/l.

One of PHON's seats has been thrown into doubt. https://au.yahoo.com/news/absent-votes-cast-doubt-over-015650889.html

The decision to build lots of multi storey residential units will put a strain on things - not a lot of rooftop space to handle 10 to 15 levels of home units.

Midsomer.

Gina Rinehart has suffered a legal blow, with a court ruling the family of her father's former business partner has the rights to royalties from her Hope Downs mine in WA's Pilbara. Justice Jennifer Smith found both Mrs Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto were jointly liable for the royalties payments to Peter Wright's family's company, Wright Prospecting. But Justice Smith dismissed claims from Wright Prospecting and two of Mrs Rinehart's children that they owned part of Hancock Prospecting's share of the Hope Downs mine. Justice Jennifer Smith dismissed all claims, including by Mrs Rinehart's children and Mr Wright's descendants, to an ownership share in the Hope Downs iron ore mines and tenements, currently operated as a joint venture between Mrs Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto. Justice Smith found both Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto were jointly liable for the royalties payments to Mr Wright's family's company, Wright Prospecting. ABC News.