Pilk

You bring a "that should've been sent to a private group chat" vibe to the DT which I really respect.

Get it up ya! Might be a voucher for a free one through your health insurance or work too

You're right, I'd better ask if they think it's cooties and how long I have left to live.

I've been dealing with hot flushes for a few months now (not typical for a bloke obviously) but just hasn't been a priority to deal with. Then for some reason the flu vaccine kicked off a dramatic intensification that is still with me three weeks later. Full body aches, headache, swollen lymph glands in my neck.

The working theory is that a simmering CMV or EBV infection had room to boil over while my immune system was distracted. Kissing too many boys?

Anyway, I've never been sick like this for this long.

About ready to politely request an induced coma.

Water polo. For the physique, fitness and naughtiness.

So, what do the voters of Dickson want? Aquatic centre? High speed rail? Street party with bottomless bar? Give them whatever they want. They've done a service to this country.

It's pretty telling they didn't have an actual MP willing to sit in the ABC panel.

This soon indeed!

Antony has just called it.

Labor wins government, possibly with a large majority.

Lib-Bot NPC

All 930 votes have their second preferences distributed, because there's no way to determine which individual ballots are the excess.

The key is that the second preferences are transferred at a reduced rate proportional to the excess. i.e. (excess votes for Liz) divided by (total votes for Liz). In this case 129/930 = 0.13. All second preferences on ballots that first preferences Liz are distributed "worth" 0.13 votes.

See the Transferring the surplus section on this official AEC information.

Edit: This is explained in the video you linked from 4:31 by the way.

Quote from page 14 of the "Ballot paper formality guidelines" published by the AEC on 14 August 2023:

Senate guidelines
Consecutive sequence of numbers -- Above the line
For an above the line vote (ATL), voters are instructed to consecutively number at least 6 boxes above the black line, in the order of their preference, commencing with the number ‘1’.
[...]
However, where a voter consecutively numbers fewer than 6 boxes, (including only one box with a first preference) the ballot paper will still be formal, but will exhaust after the last consecutive number.

In other words, if you only numbered 5 boxes above the line it does still count, it just exhausts sooner.

Their practice voting tool has sensibly omitted the finer details, they always encourage people to vote "correctly".

Regardless of you definitely won't make the same mistake next time I'm sure.