1. I don't think it's by any means certain that Wilkie will get that seat - it depends on Greens preferences, and they issued an open how to vote card so no-one really knows whether their preferences will flow to Labor or Wilkie first.
2. I think it would be a mistake to assume that Wilkie will necessarily support Labor - it's probably best to think of him in terms of being a Democrat and they're a mixed bunch.
3. The other independents are not particularly staunchly conservative - they left the National Party, at least two of them loathe Barnaby Joyce (see today's SMH interview with Bob Katter) and their views on the National Broadband Network, health and the tentatively proposed eastern seabord rail link are much closer to Labor's policies.
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2. I think it would be a mistake to assume that Wilkie will necessarily support Labor - it's probably best to think of him in terms of being a Democrat and they're a mixed bunch.
3. The other independents are not particularly staunchly conservative - they left the National Party, at least two of them loathe Barnaby Joyce (see today's SMH interview with Bob Katter) and their views on the National Broadband Network, health and the tentatively proposed eastern seabord rail link are much closer to Labor's policies.