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November 24, 2007, Election Prediction for the Australian Parliament - House of Representatives The owner of this web site, and the Mosaic Portal sites, predicts that labor will would have taken twelve of the sixteen seats needed quite quickly in the opening count stages of ballot determination by the Australian Electoral Commission on November 24, 2007. However the failure of the Australian government to enact sanctions against cartel price riggers will deliver more seats to labor.

Electorate Name	Held By	Comment - perceptions, and responses, are coloured voting intentions are fluid Coalition members speak of "a rise in popularity" - this is not an appropriate term to describe sentiment, the government is not popular, however a focus on the quality of ALP candidates is now being undertaken. Poor candidates, such as in Boothby, can deliver Rudd's campaign, damaging, body blows. This candidate will have to be dumped from the ALP campaign. Yet below there is a prediction of the demise of the Coalition beyond mere voter boredom. There is antipathy and antagonism. Beyond the horizon new forces have entered this election campaign. They want to play a role and to influence or shape the outcomes. They are in pursuit of reforms in the operation of parliaments, governments and political parties. They are going to focus on individuals in politics, public service and impinging corporate relationships and behaviour - let's dance.	Predictions at November 24, 2007 based on methodologies defined below at the bottom of the web site. A result where a handful of people will decide the government of the country. Perhaos as few as 3,000 to 10,000 voters.
Adelaide	Ellis - Labor	Increase	Hold however both labor and liberal candiadtes are lazy, do not learn their policies and try and bluster through with shallow and meaningless responses. Ellis deeserves to lose the seat.
Aston	Pearce - Liberal	Decrease	Hold barely
Ballarat	King - Labor	Increase	Hold
Banks	Melham - Labor	Increase	Hold
Barker	Secker - Liberal	Decrease	Hold barely
Barton	McLelland - Labor	Increase	Hold
Bass	Ferguson - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal to Loss, result rides on other candidate preferences
Batman	Ferguson - Labor	Increase	Hold.
Bendigo	Gibbons - Labor	Increase	Hold
Bennelong	Howard - Liberal	Decrease	Hold barely or lose
Berowra	Ruddock - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Blair	Thompson - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal to lose
Blaxland	Hatton - Labor (retire)	Increase	Hold
Bonner	Vasta - Liberal	Decrease	Lose
Boothby	Southcott - Liberal	Decrease	Hold (changed from lose at 28/9 - ALP candidate is major liability and out of depth.
Bowman	Laming - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal to lose
Braddon	Baker - Liberal	Decrease	Hold to lose
Bradfield	Nelson - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Brand	Beazley - Labor (retire)	Increase	Hold
Brisbane	Bevis - Labor	Incrase	Hold
Bruce	Griffin - Labor	Increase	Hold
Calare	Andren - Ind (retiring)	Shift	labor win
Calwell	Vamvakinou - Labor	Increase	Hold
Canberra	Ellis - Labor	Increase	Hold
Canning	Randall - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal to lose
Capricornia	Livermore - Labor	Increase	Hold
Casey	Smith - Liberal	Decrease	Hold barely, maybe not
Charlton	Hoare - Labor	Increase	Hold
Chifley	Price - Labor	Increase	Hold
Chisolm	Burke - Labor	Increase	Hold
Cook	Baird - Liberal (retire)	Decrease	Hold
Corangamite	McArthur - Liberal	Decrease	Lose
Corio	O'Connor - Labor (retire)	Decrease	This seat will be held but the preselected labor candidate, to replace current labor sitting member, may have demonstrated questionable fitness for public office. This may be on ethical and character grounds. It has been revealed that he keeps files, including personal information, on many people, the purpose of which is unjustifiable and an invasion. What leads him to believe this is acceptable is a mystery. He should be removed by the leader. If O'Connor runs he will cause labor a problem since he will have support as an independent.
Cowan	Edwards - Labor	Increase	Hold
Cowper	Hartsuyker - National	Decrease	Potential loss, but should hold
Cunningham	Bird - Labor	Increase	Hold
Curtin	Bishop - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Dawson	Kelly - National	Decrease	Major fall
Deakin	Barressi - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal might lose, not clear
Denison	Kerr - Labor	Increase	Hold
Dickson	Dutton - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal or lose
Dobell	Ticehurst - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal or lose
Dunkley	Billson - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal, local support not as strong as once was. Billson has alienated some business interests in region. Failed to challenge his colleagues, particularly Macfarlane (industry) on issues when requested by local interests.
Eden Monaro	Nairn - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal, should hold, but Nairn may not be there after election. Close contest but external forces have targeted Nairn. They are not focused in Queanbeyan but are enacting strategies in outer voting regions. The staff of mr Nairn did not react to their presence at liberal functions. Advisers did not return calls. They were oblivious. Another case study beyond the horizon.
Fadden	Jull - Liberal (retire)	Decrease - major	Hold
Fairfax	Somlay - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Farrer	Ley - Liberal	Decrease major	Hold
Fisher	Slipper - Liberal	Decrease major	Hold
Flinders	Hunt - Liberal	Decrease major	Marginal but will hold, feedback indicates he is perceived to be self centred. I hae spoken with people who tell me that when Mr Hunt meets them in meetings he focuses not on their messages and issues but on his own views. Not on top of local issues and regional development opportunities.
Flynn	Vacant		Labor
Forde	Elson - Liberal (retire)	Decrease	Marginal or lose
Forrest	Prosser - Liberal (retire)	Decrease	Marginal
Fowler	Irwin	Decrease	Hold
Franklin	Quick - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Fraser	McMullan - Labor	Increase	Hold
Fremantle	Lawrence - Labor (retire)	Increase	Hold
Gellibrand	Roxon - Labor	Increase	Hold
Gilmore	Gash - Liberal	Decrease major	Marginal might lose
Gippsland	McGauran - National	Same	Hold
Goldstein	Robb - Liberal	Decrease major	Hold, substantial decline for this under whelming and questionable Minister of the governnment. Created a stupid citizenship test. Now is in vocational education portfolio whith same lack of evident capacity.
Gorton	O'Connor - Labor	Increase	Hold
Grayndler	Albanese - Labor	Decrease	Hold
Greenway	Marcus - Liberal	Decrease	Might Lose, close
Grey	Wakelin - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal or lose
Griffith	Rudd - Labor	Increase	Hold
Groom	MacFarlane - Liberal	Decrease major	Hold
Hasluck	Henry - Liberal	Decrease major	Lose
Herbert	Lindsay - Liberal	Decrease	Looks marginal going to a loss
Higgins	Costello - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Hindmarsh	Georganos - Labor	Increase	Hold
Hinkler	Neville - National	Decrease	Marginal to loss
Holt	Byrne - Labor	Increase	Hold
Hotham	Crean - Labor	Increase	Hold
Hume	Schultz - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Hunter	Fitzgibbon - Labor	Increase	Hold
Indi	Mirabella - Liberal	Decrease major	Hold however husband is causing some angst on the local development of an abbatoir employing 200 people. I was told on Sunday 14 October 2007 he is opposing the development.
Isaacs	Corcoran - Labor (retire)	Increase	Hold
Jagajaga	Macklin - Labor	Increase	Hold
Kalgoorlie	Haase - Liberal	Decrease major	Marginal or lose
Kennedy	Katter - Ind	Decrease major	Hold
Kingsford Smith	Garret - Labor	Slight increase	Will be targeted by pulp mill activists and other greenies. Disappointed many with his wishy washy stance on environment and conflicting messages - should hold seat
Kingston	Richardson - Liberal	Decrease	Lose
Kooyong	Georgiou - Liberal	Increase	Hold
LaTrobe	Wood - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal, labor candidates for this seat in the apst have been poorly chosen. The demographics are changing. Charles, former liberal sitting member, held the seat by force of personality. Wood is not as strong and connected. However may just hold.
Lalor	Gillard - Labor	Increase	Hold. Julia Gillard is neutral to negative on the personality recognition scale. Creates an unsettling feeling with voters. Appears immature about the robust nature of politics by continually referring to "dirt gathering" as if her own party has clean hands. Poor vernacular and speaking skills limits potential and creates some disenchantment in powerful circles where she should garner support. To be Deputy Prime Minister effectively Gillard needs the support of powerful and big business. She seems oblivious to this. Simply getting elected by unaware and under educated voters is not what it is all about in office. Her efforts can be easily frustrated using her demonstrable weaknesses.
Leichhardt	Entsch - Liberal (retire)	Decrease	With Warren retiring the seat may go marginal leading to a loss, liberal candiadte taking his place comes across as discriminatory. This is in contrast to Mr Entsch who campiagns strongly on equal rights.
Lilley	Swan - Labor	Increase	Hold marginally
Lindsay	Kelly - Liberal (retire)	Decrease	Lose
Lingiari	Snowdon - Labor	Increase	Hold
Longman	Brough - Liberal	Increase	Expected to hold. Well respected and hard working local member. Comes across as compassionate and open to any suggestions and ideas. Some impact from supporting Work Choices and can be burdened by lack lustre performance and negatives of Ministerial coleagues. However local Labor candidate does not appear to be able to match competencies, is bound by the labor machine, and is unlikely to unseat Mal Brough on a traditional examination. However external forces have targeted his political career. A case study beyond the horizon.
Lowe	Murphy - Labor	Increase	Hold
Lyne	Vaile - National	Decrease	Hold
Lyons	Adams - Labor	Decrease	The political instability of this electorate is testimony to the corruption and inept performance of the labor party in office. The whole Tasmanian political system is suspect. A Crime and Misconduct Commission would have a field day with corporate and political self interest and manipulation of process. Of course there is not such an investigative body in Tasmania. There will be marginal impact from anti pulp mill activists They will dilute, and neutralise, the impact if they actively work against labor and liberal. The creation of several thousand jobs, and the economic prospects, far outweigh the ranting, and misreprepresentation, of anti pulp mill activists. Leading opponent (Geoff Cousins)in the mainland seat of Wentworth, held by Minister Turnbull, overestimates his campaigning impact in the electorates. This area of Tasmania is already heavy industry and not a pristine environment. Federal Minister Malcolm Turnbull has done his best to provide a compromise and put Gunn's to the test.
Macarthur	Farmer - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal but may hold.
McEwen	Bailey - Liberal	Decrease	Probably lose due to poor perception of capability.
Mackellar	Bishop - Liberal	Decrease	Many voters think she desreves to lose but may hold on.
McMillan	Broadbent - Liberal	Decrease	Lack lustre but will hold seat despite feeling that he is a dud in office but his electors make the call not observers like me.
McPherson	May - Liberal	Decrease	Lose
Macquarie	Bartlett - Labor	Increase	Hold
Makin	Draper - Liberal (retire)	Decrease	Lose
Mallee	Forrest - National	Decrease	Hold
Maranoa	Scott - National	Decrease	Hold
Maribyrnong	Sercombe - Labor (retire)	Increase	Hold
Mayo	Downer - Liberal	Decrease major	Anti sentiment on rise, multi-campaigns to unseat the Minister, should hold
Melbourne	Tanner - Labor	Increase	Hold
Melbourne Ports	Danby - Labor	Increase	Poor performer for labor but will hold
Menzies	Andrews - Liberal	Major Decrease	Extensive dislike in electoratea nd genrally across the nation. Creating own problems and decrease in vote independent of any antipathy to government. Adds to negative attitudes of voters. On the face of it his statements regarding Haneef case do not ring true and Minister appears as shifty even dishonest. Exhibits bias and is incompetent, even dangerous, in his portfolios. Regsiters as lacking empathy, political judgement and registers high levels of hypocrisy. Should not be in a government ministry position of any type. His efforts alone should take the seat to marginal - critical status. Extensive external campiagns and resources being input to cause him to lose. But he will probably hold the seat despite efforts to dislodge him.
Mitchell	Cadman - Liberal	Decrease major	Hold
Moncrief	Ciobo - Liberal	Decrease major	Hold
Moore	Washer - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Moreton	Hardgrave - Liberal	Decrease	Caustic comments regarding the enquiry into electoral practices created unnecessary negativity in electorate. Hard to judge this electorate. Expected marginal - line ball due to increased campaigns to unseat him, lose.
Murray	Stone - Liberal	Decrease major	Hold
New England	Windsor - Ind	Decrease	Hold
Newcastle	Gierson - Labor	Increase	Hold
North Sydney	Hockey - Liberal	Decrease	Work Choices impacting his campiagn to hold the seat. Joe Hockey's performance as Minister has slipped remarkably over the year largely due to poor bureaucracy. Access Card has turned into a political debacle costing industry and tax payers tens of millions of dollars and changes to Work Choices have made the whole system bureaucratically night marish. Politicisation of public servants, appearing in television ads, raises questions as to ethics within the Ministry compounding perceptions of an overall decline in public service quality and administration. While there will be a big impact, due to external efforts, Joe Hockey is expected to hold seat but unfortunatley the work choices will bite and he is going to the wire if not a loss.
O'Connor	Tuckey - Liberal	Decrease major	What is Mr Tuckey's contribution to the quality of parliament? Despite the negative responses from those asked this question he will likely hold his seat.
Oxley	Ripoll - Labor	Increase	Hold
Page	Causley - National (retire)	Decrease	New candiadte taking seat to marginal- loss. Line ball.
Parkes	Anderson - National (retire)	Decrease major	Hold but significant decline in vote as independents seek to broaden their representation or preference labor. Local antpiathy to Anderson's tenure has built particularly in the region of Barraba, Tamworth and surrounds.
Parramatta	Owens - Liberal	Decrease major	Will probably lose seat against labor
Paterson	Baldwin - Liberal	Decrease major	Go marginal may lose
Pearce	Moylan - Liberal	Decrease major	Hold
Perth	Smith - Labor	Decrease	Hold
Petrie	Gambaro - Liberal	Decrease major	Go marginal should hold
Port Adelaide	Sawford - Labor (retire)	Decrease	Hold
Prospect	Bowen - Labor	Increase	Hold
Rankin	Emerson - Labor	Increase	Hold
Reid	Ferguson - Labor	Increase	Hold
Richmond	Elliott - Labor	Increase	Hold
Riverina	Hull - Nationals	Decrease major	Hold
Robertson	Lloyd - Liberal	Decrease major	Marginal but may hold
Ryan	Johnson - Liberal	Decrease major	Go marginal may lose
Scullin	Jenkins	Increase	Hold
Shortland	Hall - Labor	Increase	Hold
Solomon	Tollner - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Stirling	Keenan - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal but hold
Sturt	Pyne - Liberal	Decrease	If Labor ran candidates like Mia Handshin then there is high probability that they would win an incredibel number of seats in all of Australia's parliaments. The seat held by Mr Pyne may go marginal as predicted by commentators - but according to my assessment he will it due to a record of working his electorate. Close
Swan	Wilkie - labor	Unknown	Problematic candidate - hold
Sydney	Plibersek	Increase	Hold
Tangney	Jensen - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Throsby	George - Labor	Same	Hold
Wakefield	Fawcett - Liberal	Decrease	Marginal but hold
Wannon	Hawker - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Warringah	Abbott - Liberal	Decrease	Hold
Watson	Burke - Labor	Increase	Hold
Wentworth	Turnbull - Liberal	Neutral	If activists take action against Turnbull they may simply shift votes around. He is likely to hold seat.
Werriwa	Hayes - Labor	Increase	Hold
Wide Bay	Truss - National	Decrease	Hold but close
Wills	Thomson - Labor	Same or slight increase	Hold

WHAT ARE THE CATLYSTS THAT DRIVE VOTER RESPONSE? They have been brewing, and bubbling, below the surface and are explored in the web sites below. The Australia that John Howard, and His Ministers, bequeated the nation Poor human resource policies, and practices, bites Howard and his business supporters

PRATT AND JONES MAY WELL DELIVER GOVERNMENT TO LABOR AND KEVIN RUDD Over the horizon interests move to sanction federal government inaction that lead to corruption on a massive scale in Australia. Payback time for allowing what many see to be criminals in Visy and Amcor, to escape going to gaol. Was it worth it Mr. Costello if it costs the election?

With hundreds of thousands to spend on electorates in the next three weeks, over the horizon interests will change the face of the outcome as they influence voters at the coal face. This is a new breed of change agents in pursuit of parliamentary and process reforms. The system in operaton in Australia shackles the parliaments, reduces proportional and real representation and costs the economy hundreds of millions in corruption, corrosion and inept administration. Ministries are run as fiefdoms not as public interest administrative domains. The time has come when external forces wil seek to change the manner, and function, of our democractic processes. The remaining needed seats, for labor to take government, will be decided by preferences and postal votes. The outcome will be within four seats either way, with the parliament finely balanced. The liberal/national coalition has the advantage. Whilst severe negatives exist for the government in the form of Ministers, Namely Kevin Andrews, Philip Ruddock, Ian MacFarlane, Andrew Robb and Alexander Downer and more lately Joe Hockey this is overshadowed by the poor definition of Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard and Peter Garrett in voters' minds.The campiagn is moving from the upper levels of party personalities to local candiadtes where both labor and liberal have their equal share of poor choices (e.g Adelaide) and lazy candidates. Much of the government's lagging in the polls and lack of bite comes from the poor judgement, and awareness, of their strategy afvisers and political ffice staff. Their efforts are being countered on the ground locally across the nation so that the "pollsters" feedback is being clouded and responses are being manipulatede and even managed to create a false impression that labor is way ahead. On the weekend of 27 October 2007, the activities of the Specila Minister for State, and member of Eden Monaro, were being observed by external contracted inbterests whose function was to determine if Kelly (labor) or Nairn (liberal) should be supported with additional resources. The staff of Gary Nairn managing entry to his electorate office were totally oblivious to their presence. A similar lack of awareness exists within the labor party where the local political staff members and campaggn supporters, in Brisbane, Queensland on Tuesday 30, October 2007 also had no idea who was in their respective electorates doing what. September 17, 2007 Electoral Result Predictions By Seat The Australian Labor Party, lead by Kevin Rudd, requires 16 sixteen seats or more to unseat the coalition government lead by John Howard. On September 12, 2007, the Prime Minister, announced that he would be stepping down sometime well into the term if he won. The government is now presenting team Howard and Costello. It appears that John Howard would rather border on humiliation than admit that his party wanted him to resign from the leadership. My perception is the he used what was left of his power, and influence, in the party and may have also thretaned repercussions if he was not permitted to contest the election as leader. The compromise, to my mind is ill conceived. It reflects an unwillingness to face reality or a blindness to reality. The solution devised may contain irrational beliefs and a high level of hubris. The treasurer, Peter Costello is not draw card for votes. Indications are that this confusion has increased labor's chances. Even so the predictions below, demonstrate what a difficult task it is to win 16 seats. Reserach, and analysis, implies that the outcome will be a draw at the very least. At this point I predict labor by a minimum of four seats. However John Howard is escalatingh the party to a disaster at a rapid rate. The estimated swing against the government is above 5% deviating drastically from this figure in some electorates into the teens. On full throttle the liberals will lose 20 or more seats, possibly up to 30 for the liberal party. The Nationals are predicted to generally hold their ratio. Opting for a conservative view I predict a finely balanced parliament with a wait on postal votes, and recounts, in many seats. Regardless the House of Representatives, in the Australian parliament, will change dramatically in November 2007. The Prime Minister is predicted to lose his seat. What is not clear is the reason that Kevin Rudd is so popular given the quality of articulation of policy and the overall constituency of the parliamentary party membership. Something, in terms of population psyche is, or some forces not obvious are, at work beyond the horizon of analysis and observation. Many of the people working behind the scenes, and beyond the media and political strategists horizons, have been identified, or are known. The reasoning, and thinking, by the general population that are driving the irrational poll predictions is now being determined. The media and analysts are adopting simplistic analysis people are comfortable in their situations and feel like a change. What they are missing is the communication and the strategies being carried out at the local level. They think that use of the Internet (You Tube and such)is influential. Some individuals in media enterprises, such as the Sydney Telegrpah, are dismissive. There is an element of reality in that view. For some reason there are a lot of interests (philanthropic, commercial, stakeholder and community) more prevalent in this election. Feddback indicates that people who rarely engage in politics have developed a "sick in the stomach" feeling about the government's behaviour on refugees and the continued degradtion heaped out by the immigration department and all the Ministers)noting the pandering to racis, ignorance and fear. The focus on economy is all very well but the liberals have totally misunderstood, and miscalculated, the long term consequences. Other interests have had a gutful of losing money on incompetent Ministries ad government aegncies. The Prime Minister is now viewed as having litle integrity. He said that he would go if his party asked and when theu did he presented the current farce of team" liberal. Peter Costello and John Hoawrd are very powerful negatives. What credibility they had, together or individually, is being shredded. In the case of Malcolm Trunbull, he is between a rock and a very hard place. Selective commercial interests have decided that if he interferes in their future plans they will interfere in his. Campaigns, on every side of the environmental equation, are being funded against him. In Bennelong business interest are funding a campaign to remove John Howard from parliament. Similarly private contracts are being issued to tactical practitioners to ferment the loss of many ministerial seats. Alexander Downer has said that we are a good government". Unfortunatley powerful, and ethical people, disagree and are working to rid the parliament of many of them. They are also targetting senior bureaucrats in their strategies arguing, openly and behind closed doors to federal labor senior front bench members, that the service needs to be returned to "public" service, and not "government" service values. Below are early predictions based on information as at end of September 2007. They are considered unreliable. I maintain my current assessment that the election will be a line ball, perahos a hung parliament. Under such an outcome a significant number of existing coalition members will not be on the bench and a number are predicted to be current front bench ministers. A True Champion of Democracy, and Quality, Leaves the Parliament For That Resignation It Is The Poorer. In the week of September 17, 2007 the parliament will lose one of the nation's most eloquent defenders of democracy and critics of the low grade performance of the Howard goevrnemnt, Peter Andren, the member for Calare. Mr Andren brought to the federal parliament a rare quality - deep thought as to the soceital implications of goevrnment poicy. The focus of the Howard government, like all state and territory labor governments, in Australia, has been on economy to the detriment of the soul of the nation and the quality and vision of governance. Peter constantly reminded the government that its focus on "individualism", "pandering to greed" and willingness to "exploit division and fear" in Australian society was damaging the fabric of the nation. His protestations, and admonishments, fell on deaf ears both within the Coalition and the Labor ranks. We heard nothing from Kim Beazley during his tenure on this and now we hear nothing from Kevin Rudd, he is silent on the deeper human issues. The government's low grade credentials are on full display in their rude, crude and ignorant citizen test. The parliament is the poorer for the resignation of Peter Andren, a true independent thinker and representative. One cannot expect that Australia's senior coalition, and labor politicians, in any government, might look at him, conceive his values and his capacity to be a role model. The essence of what an electoral representative, and member of parliament might be. Kevin R Beck, September 21, 2007

Next round of visits to determine voter sentiment - Brisbane and surrounds October 3 - 8, 2007, Central Victoria - Wangarratta, Benalla and surrounds 11 - 14, October 2007. Road trip through Hume Highway visiting Albury, and towns, along the freeway to the ACT, October 25 - 31, 2007. The table below will be constantly updated.

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