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Late night tweets push ABC election guru Antony Green to breaking point - as he lashes out in online tirade
Late night tweets push ABC election guru Antony Green to breaking point - as he lashes out in online tirade

Daily Mail​

time19-05-2025

  • Politics
  • Daily Mail​

Late night tweets push ABC election guru Antony Green to breaking point - as he lashes out in online tirade

ABC election guru Antony Green has lashed out at a 'tedious pedant' and told him to 'get a life' in a series of furious late-night posts after the individual dared question his analysis. Green, who has covered his last election after 36 years at the public broadcaster, shared an update on Friday afternoon about the incredibly tight count in Goldstein in Melbourne 's inner south-east suburbs with his 215,000 followers on X. 'Tim Wilson leads in Goldstein by only 206 votes, but there are at absolute max only 260 votes left to count. Wilson is now certain of victory,' Green wrote. But a follower called Anthony Gracia, who describes himself as a 'Gen Y social advocate', queried the figures, claiming that the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) website had since been updated. 'So this 260 figure is not correct Antony,' Gracia wrote. The pair exchanged various comments, with Gracia calling for a correction and Green insisting that the updated figures wouldn't affect the result. But Green eventually had had enough, posting a correction with the updated figures shortly after 11pm on Friday. 'I am publishing this correction to appease a particularly tedious pedant,' Green seethed. Despite the correction, the back-and-forth trundled on, with Gracia insisting that his call for accuracy was justified and Green finally losing it shortly before midnight. 'I don't apologise for having a life and being at the football this evening which meant I hadn't looked at the AEC site for updates on Goldstein for five hours,' he wrote. 'Perhaps you should get a life.' His withering put-down was met with cheers from his supporters, some of whom labelled him a 'national treasure'. 'Imagine how annoying you have to be as a person that Antony Green suggests you get a life,' one added. But Gracia was indignant, and hit back at Green's 'incredibly disappointing response'. 'Unnecessary and I've been pretty respectful through simply highlighting a figure needing correcting - regardless of whether it changes the outcome or not. Pictured: the original interaction that sparked the late-night posts Green's correction to 'appease a particularly tedious pedant' 'Especially this tone coming from a prominent election analyst is unwarranted Antony.' In another post he said Green had exposed him to the trolling of his 215,000 followers 'for simply highlighting a figure variance'. In subsequent posts, Gracia insisted he had been 'respectful throughout' and accused Green of being 'nasty' and described his conduct as 'concerning'. Gracia accused Green of leveraging his considerable following to 'do his bidding. 'It's not funny or acceptable. And I've taken measures to have this addressed.' Gracia claimed he had submitted an 'official complaint' to the ABC 'regarding Mr Green's online conduct'. 'It's unprofessional and disappointing,' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'And throughout this exchange at no point in time during my exchange with him did I intentionally seek to disrespect. 11 minutes to midnight, Green finally has had enough, telling the individual to 'get a life' (pictured) 'I have a feeling because he's been trolled by others, during the election, that he got triggered and defensive by my post - and jumped the shark.' The ABC declined to comment. Daily Mail Australia contacted Green for further comment. The 2025 Federal Election was his last for the ABC. His retirement sparked an outpouring of heartwarming farewell messages from across the political spectrum.

Where did Australians watch the election results roll in?
Where did Australians watch the election results roll in?

The Age

time04-05-2025

  • Politics
  • The Age

Where did Australians watch the election results roll in?

Millions of Australians watched Labor sweep to a landslide majority election victory live on their mobile phone and television screens on Saturday night, and the ABC dominated coverage across the country. The public broadcaster was by some distance the most popular choice for people to watch the results. There were some technical glitches for chief election analyst Antony Green during the ABC's broadcast, which reached more than 4 million people. Its programming between 8.30pm and 10pm was the most viewed of the evening, drawing an average audience of 2.36 average audience remained steady around 2 million across the night. Network Seven's coverage was the second most popular, reaching 2.78 million people. It had an average audience of 580,000, significantly lower than the ABC's. Nine's coverage reached 2.42 million. An average audience of 527,000 watched the results come in. Network 10's coverage, which reached 1.74 million people, had an average audience of just 97,000. Sky News Regional's average viewership was 68,000. Loading Reach describes the total number of unique viewers having watched a program for at least one minute, while average describes the average audience watching across the length of the program on broadcast and streaming platforms, such as ABC iview and 9Now. The ABC's coverage between 10pm and 11pm, headlined by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's victory speech addressing the nation, reached 3.2 million people. The average audience was 1.99 million, of which 188,000 were watching on digital streaming platform ABC iview. Coalition senator James McGrath told the ABC's panel early in the evening the nation would not know who its next prime minister would be by the end of the evening, but it was not even 8pm when both Sky News and Seven declared there was no path to government for the Coalition.

Where did Australians watch the election results roll in?
Where did Australians watch the election results roll in?

Sydney Morning Herald

time04-05-2025

  • Politics
  • Sydney Morning Herald

Where did Australians watch the election results roll in?

Millions of Australians watched Labor sweep to a landslide majority election victory live on their mobile phone and television screens on Saturday night, and the ABC dominated coverage across the country. The public broadcaster was by some distance the most popular choice for people to watch the results. There were some technical glitches for chief election analyst Antony Green during the ABC's broadcast, which reached more than 4 million people. Its programming between 8.30pm and 10pm was the most viewed of the evening, drawing an average audience of 2.36 average audience remained steady around 2 million across the night. Network Seven's coverage was the second most popular, reaching 2.78 million people. It had an average audience of 580,000, significantly lower than the ABC's. Nine's coverage reached 2.42 million. An average audience of 527,000 watched the results come in. Network 10's coverage, which reached 1.74 million people, had an average audience of just 97,000. Sky News Regional's average viewership was 68,000. Loading Reach describes the total number of unique viewers having watched a program for at least one minute, while average describes the average audience watching across the length of the program on broadcast and streaming platforms, such as ABC iview and 9Now. The ABC's coverage between 10pm and 11pm, headlined by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's victory speech addressing the nation, reached 3.2 million people. The average audience was 1.99 million, of which 188,000 were watching on digital streaming platform ABC iview. Coalition senator James McGrath told the ABC's panel early in the evening the nation would not know who its next prime minister would be by the end of the evening, but it was not even 8pm when both Sky News and Seven declared there was no path to government for the Coalition.

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