http://digest.idmedia.org.au/2006
Back in mid-August, nominations closed for the undergraduate student Senate Fellow election. At the time, we ignored this, because even by student hack standards, Senate Fellow elections are dredging the barrel of tedium and triviality. We have since been informed of the error of our ways, and are now clued-up about the many, varied and important benefits to the student community of this crucially important position within the university structure. Never let it be said that we don’t suffer for your benefit, esteemed reader.
So allow me to wade through all of that and say that as a reporting exercise, we stand by our original opinion. But we’ll pretend to mitigate all of that this week, because of a (very mildly) interesting snippet. We gather from unofficial sources that Liberal candidate Duncan McKay presently has a healthy lead in the voting stakes. Yes, we are aware that technically, voting doesn’t close until September 29 and the election itself occurs on October 3. But we have our ways and means – one who is about as far from a McKay proxy as it’s possible to get.
Clearly, that doesn’t make the snippet fact. But it is true that McKay has been running a fairly concerted campaign. This is on account of the Libs being exceptionally pissed that the uni has given the student organisations such a generous bailout deal, due in no small part to incumbent Rose Jackson’s efforts (and address book). Some of the Digest’s other ways and means suggest that McKay, who has been running under the appellation of ‘The’ ‘College’ ‘Candidate’ (sic), has been busy courting the, um, college vote. Our tip is that these efforts will be in vain and that most college types will do what they usually do and vote for Rose. And that he’ll be hammered on preferences. But on the possibility that our source is right, the left might like to pull their finger out and gear up for a final push.
