Canberrans went to the polls on Saturday 19 October to determine the ACT’s 11th Legislative Assembly, and The Owl’s Election Newsroom team swung into action. On election day, we traversed the city interviewing candidates, voters, volunteers and sausage sizzlers.
Frazer Coustley spoke with Chief Minister Andrew Barr at Aranda Primary School.
Alison Kennelly ran into Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee at Watson Shops.
Ben Devlin, Tenzing Johnson, Tia Priest-Willimott and Lachlan Dixon also recorded interviews with:
- ACT Labor’s Heidi Prowse, Taimus Werner-Gibbings and Michael Pettersson
- The Canberra Liberals’ Leanne Castley
- The Belco Party’s Bill Stefaniak
- The Animal Justice Party’s Carolyne Drew
- Independent candidates Fiona Carrick and David Pollard
- Kaleen and Lyneham Primary Schools’ P&Cs
- A range of volunteers and voters at the polls
As booths closed at 6:00 P.M., The Owl’s Election Newsroom went to air on UCFM and we began posting updates to the live blog.
Over the next three hours, fuelled by pizza and adrenaline, the team kept listeners and readers informed with interviews, live results and analysis.
