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The Poll Bludger has the Liberal victory, this time in the courts, against an ALP challenge to Fran Bailey’s 2007 electoral victory in the seat of McEwen.

The report says the court overturned a number of determinations made on individual ballot papers, with nine ballots originally admitted deemed informal and 142 that were excluded deemed formal, but the effect was in fact to increase Bailey’s margin from 12 votes to 27. The judgement can be read here.

A reader made the following insightful comment.

I actually think Labor is quite relieved Bailey hung on to McEwen. After the Gippsland shenanigans the last thing want right now is another by-election and another potential rebuff…

That would have been embarrasing.