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It’s easy as an analyst of elections to go for the wild predictions, but Antony has built his credibility by letting the data do the talking and not making predictions without a solid basis.

Personally he has always been supportive and collegial to myself and has been generous in sharing his enormous knowledge of Australia’s elections. He’s always happy to answer a random text and we worked together on our book chapters for a number of recent election books.

I’m sure this won’t be the last we see of Antony. I hope he’ll find a way to use his deep knowledge and experience to better inform us about Australian democracy away from the immediate rush of election night.

Let’s not forget the legacy of Malcolm McKerras

I have not.

I immediately realised that most now have no knowledge of the master whose feet Anthony sat at