Election result 'still not clear'

Voters in the seat of Robertson are still waiting for a result from the August 21 Federal election.

With thousands of votes still left to count in Robertson, a Labor victory is still not assured, according to Labor candidate for the electorate Ms Deborah O'Neill.

As Peninsula News went to print on August 28, and with 82.8 per cent of votes counted, the Labor Party was ahead of the Liberal Party by 2136 votes on a two-party preferred basis.

Results so far show Labor at 38,588 votes and Liberal at 36,452, suggesting a 1.3 per cent swing to Labor.

"While we all await a clearer picture of the outcome, I want to thank the people of the Central Coast who have kept faith with the Labor Party," Ms O'Neill said.

"In Robertson, we ran a long, positive and clean campaign, and made ourselves accessible and accountable to the community at every opportunity.

"We offered them hope for the future - better access to a doctor though a GP Super Clinic, a National Broadband Network, and the chance of a quality education for all our kids.

"If I am the next Member for Robertson, I will be working with passion and determination to protect this great part of the world where we live, and repay that faith that Central Coast voters have showed in us.

"I really hope I will be able to deliver on that commitment to the Central Coast as part of a new Gillard Government.

"The people of Robertson have spoken and I can assure them I'll keep listening closely to what they have to say."

Press release, 22 Aug 2010 Deborah O'Neill, Labor candidate for Robertson