2010 Victorian election tilt


December 8, 2010

Stephen Mayne is running as an independent candidate for the Victorian Legislative Council. Below is some media about the tilt.

RRR The Breakfasters - discussing the ongoing election results and WikiLeaks on December 8, 2010.

Expenses go on the record
Preston Leader, December 7, 2010

The Mayne Chance
Preston Leader, December 7, 2010

System subverts voter preferences
Editorial, The Age, December 7, 2010

Stephen Mayne man to target council governance
Genevieve Gannon, Melbourne Times Weekly, December 7, 2010

Mayne looks set for upper house
Melbourne Leader, December 6, 2010

2UE Sydney - with Tim Shaw discussing the Victorian election and Julian Assange on December 5, 2010

2UE Sydney - interview with Tim Shaw about the Victorian election and the David Jones AGM tomorrow on December 2, 2010.

ABC24 Breakfast December 1, 2010




Upper house count still 'too early to tell'
Mathew Dunckley, Financial Review, December 1, 2010

1377 MTR Melbourne - interview discussing the state of affairs of the election on December 1, 2010.

Mr Unlucky on verge of finally winning a seat
Richard Willingham, The Age, December 1, 2010

Mayne set to be third time lucky - see PDF
Richard Willingham, The Age, December 1, 2010

Lateline November 30, 2010




720 ABC Perth - discussing the current election situation on November 30, 2010.

3AW Melbourne - Neil Mitchell has a whinge that I refused to be interviewed, and discusses my chances on November 30, 2010.

Activist poised to control state's upper house
Tim Colebatch, The Age, November 30, 2010

774 ABC Melbourne -
interview with Jon Faine about the possibility of holding the balance of power in the Victorian upper house.

ABC News radio on ABC News radio discussing the last seat up for grabs in the Victorian upper house. Have a read of this article from The Age today.

774 ABC Melbourne - breakfast radio interview with Red Symons about the election on November 29, 2010.


STATE ELECTION: Stephen Mayne good chance for Upper House seat
Will Jackson, Manningham Leader, November 28, 2010

Mayne could hold balance of power in Victoria
Andrew Crook, Crikey Blog, November 28, 2010

774 ABC Melbourne - Panel discussion including independent candidate Phil Cleary, myself, and Fiona Patten from the Sex party with Jon Faine on November 26, 2010.

3AW Melbourne - with Neil Mitchell on 3AW about the pokies during his traditional "whackos and fringe dwellers" session on November 25, 2010.

Upper house intrigue in northern metro region
Nic Price, Melbourne Leader, November 24, 2010

612 ABC Brisbane - talking about the Woollies AGM and getting out of pokies on November 18, 2010.

Has Brumby done a deal to strip councils of powers to super-tax the pokies?
Crikey, November 16, 2010

Prediction Doncaster, Bulleen and Warrandyte to remain with Libs
Manningham Leader, November 16, 2010

Castlemaine on the front foot against pokies
Bendigo Advertiser, November 11, 2010

Citizen campaigner puts anti-pokies stance to the vote
Rebecca Puddy, The Australian, Saturday, November 6

Interview with Nick Xenophon about the problems with pokies.



Read some transcripts of earlier campaign interviews about the anti-pokies platform.

1 June 2010 - talking with Phillip Adams after the 2010 mini AGM season on how to be a shareholder activist.

Complete public company tilt record
Stephen Mayne has participated in more public company board elections than anyone - including the various professional directors. Here is a brief summary of his complete public company tilt record - ranked from best to worst in each year.

Stephen Mayne's complete electoral record
Stephen Mayne has participated in more contested elections than any other Australian. Here is a brief summary of his complete record in contested elections.

Stephen Mayne's campaign speeches
Here are links to the audio or transcripts from various campaign speeches that Stephen Mayne has given in his 40-something tilts over the past decade.

Stephen profile
Watch Stephen profiled on the ABC TV program Compass, September 27, 2009.




The 1999 Burwood by-election
After Jeff Kennett lost office, he quit Parliament and caused a by-election in his seat of Parliament, which Stephen Mayne contested. Here is a summary of the press reporting in 1999 and stories from our website of the time, www.jeffed.com.

Pokie machines
Have a look at our question to the former PM Rudd about the productivity report recommendations on pokie machines at the Melbourne Press Club on May 6, 2010.