bloody wilkie.... looks like an "easy" win to the coalition at this rate
74 would have been tempting to oakeshotte and perhaps windsor
Wilkie hasn't dismissed the ALP - sure, he isn't happy with the response but he does want further negotiations
He's also in a difficult position now with the ALP / Green alliance. He won his seat on Green preferences (his primary vote was way behind the ALP), and it's traditionally a Labor seat. He's also got strong connections with the Greens and at day's end, they're the best chance of getting the reforms through the Senate that he wants.
I reckon he'll end up going Labor, but he may go totally independent and risk getting nothing of what he wants done, done, he does some naive, ie. sends some demands and expects everyone to roll over?
And at day's end you'd imagine the 3 independents will go as a bloc, and go to the Coalition which means 76