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No Pokies was an independent South Australian Legislative Council ticket that ran upper house candidates at the 1997, 2002 and 2006 state elections. Poker machines or "pokies" are the Australian version of slot machines. It was replaced by the Nick Xenophon Team in 2013. Independents elected from this ticket consist of:
Xenophon's vote at the election came approximately equally from Labor and Liberal party voters.[1] Federal politicsXenophon resigned from the South Australian Legislative Council in early October 2007 to stand for the Australian Senate as an independent at the 2007 federal election in which he was successful, on a primary vote of 14.78 percent.[2] ABC election analyst Antony Green had stated prior to the election that Xenophon would win a seat, while Centrebet speculated his odds would start on a favourable $1.50 for and $2.70 against. Nick Minchin "urged people not to vote for Mr Xenophon",[3] with the Liberal Party's 2006 upper house vote only 5.5 percent higher, and polled lower than Xenophon in some booths.[4] Xenophon's federal platform consists of anti-gambling, pro-consumer protection, attention to the water crisis, ratifying Kyoto, opposition against what he calls a decrease in state rights, and opposition to WorkChoices.[1] Xenophon shared the balance of power with the Greens and Family First during the 2008–11 Senate parliamentary session, with the Greens holding the sole balance of power since July 2011. Xenophon has been reported in the media as "left-of-centre",[5] whilst Hansard reveals that Xenophon and the Greens have found common ground on a number of issues.[6] ParliamentariansFederal
StateSouth Australia
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/fearful-of-xenophon-in-senate/2007/10/11/1191696082652.html |title=Fearful of Xenophon in Senate |publisher=theage.com.au |date=2007-10-12 |accessdate=2012-06-09}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/website/SenateStateFirstPrefs-13745-SA.htm |title=Senate State First Preferences By Candidate |publisher=Results.aec.gov.au |date=2007-12-20 |accessdate=2012-06-09}} 3. ^{{cite web|author=Nance Haxton |url=http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/12/2057774.htm |title=No Pokies MP odds-on for Senate seat |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2007-10-12 |accessdate=2012-06-09}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/weblog/200603/s1595132.htm |title=South Australia State Election 2006. The Poll Vault: Xenophon looking good. Australian Broadcasting Corporation |publisher=ABC |date= |accessdate=2012-06-09}} 5. ^{{cite news | last = Doherty | first = Ben | date = 18 October 2007 | title = Recognise these men? They may hold balance of power | work = The Age | location = Melbourne, Australia | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/10/17/1192300859185.html | accessdate = 18 November 2009 }} 6. ^{{cite journal | last = Smith | first = Tony | date = December 2008 | title = New fangs for the platy-tiger? The Senate and the Rudd Government in 2008 | journal = Democratic Audit of Australia | url = http://arts.anu.edu.au/democraticaudit/papers/200812smith_senate.pdf | accessdate = 18 November 2009 | issn = 1835-6559 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090916023647/http://arts.anu.edu.au/democraticaudit/papers/200812smith_senate.pdf | archivedate = 16 September 2009 | df = }} External links
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