Voters go blank. I worked at a polling booth for the 2004 federal election and again on the weekend. Difference in the informals: 2004 was mostly donkey votes, while this year was mostly blank papers.

Is Joel the leaker? Is Joel Fitzgibbon a possible leaker? When he shot himself in the foot over a conflict of interest matter, Julia Gillard went to Kevin Rudd and requested his dismissal. Revenge is best served cold.

Panic at half-million Huns? In the last audit figures the Herald Sun nosed closer to slipping below 500,000 copies per day. Have they hit the panic button? I notice that today at McDonald’s in Bourke Street, you’re offered a copy free with your order from a large stack on the counter …