 | | NewsMail Morning Edition Mon 04 Nov, 2013 | Top Stories | | More Top Stories » |   The Australian Electoral Commissioner has apologised "unreservedly" to Western Australian voters for the state's botched Senate election. Commissioner Ed Killesteyn says he has no choice but to announce the result of the recount today, despite the near-certainty that it will be the subject of an immediate legal challenge by Labor and Clive Palmer. The recount - triggered when the original vote resulted in just a 14-vote margin - descended into farce last week when the Australian Electoral Commission confirmed that nearly 1,400 ballot papers had gone missing. Mr Killesteyn says the gravity of the situation is not lost on him. "Nearly 1,400 Western Australian electors have had their Senate [votes] disenfranchised and I apologise unreservedly to those electors," he told Radio National. More » | | | 
| | More Analysis » |  No amount of international flights will attune your body to the constant state of jet lag created by getting up at 3am each day. No amount of caffeine is really enough to keep you humming along for three and a half hours. And no matter how many years' experience in live broadcasting you have under your belt, nothing ever really prepares you for the moment when your producer tells you to 'fill' for a few minutes as the next story or interview is lined up. The hours are awful, the demands relentless, and the food horrible. But I would have it no other way. More » | | | Just In | | More Just In » | | By political reporter Latika Bourke  Kevin Rudd briefly considered staying on as Labor leader on election night, adviser Bruce Hawker reveals in his campaign diary. More » | | | World | | More World » | | By Paul Raffaele  Paul Raffaele recalls his time as the first Australian journalist to be based in Mao's China, where he reported for the ABC. "For most of the time I spent as the ABC's man in China, there was more frustration than glamour," he says. More » | | | Business | | More Business » | | By Freya Michie  ANZ chief executive Mike Smith says it is unlikely the high Australian dollar will start to drop until the US Federal Reserve starts reducing its massive bond-buying program. The tapering of the Federal Reserve's program to buy $US85 billion of Treasury bonds a month is expected to start at some point in 2014. Mr Smith told the ABC's Inside Business program that "adjustments" to the exchange rate will come with tapering. More » | | | Politics | | More Politics » | | By political reporter Latika Bourke Kevin Rudd briefly considered staying on as Labor leader on election night, adviser Bruce Hawker reveals in his campaign diary. More » | | | Sport | | More Sport » |  View all the Melbourne Cup runners, colours and their chances ahead of Tuesday's big race. More » | | | Science and Technology | | More Science and Technology » | | By Europe correspondent Philip Williams, wires  Millions of people on four continents have been able to witness a rare solar eclipse, allowing a view of the Sun that is totally or partially blocked by the Moon. More » | | | Environment | | More Environment » | | By Europe correspondent Philip Williams, wires Millions of people on four continents have been able to witness a rare solar eclipse, allowing a view of the Sun that is totally or partially blocked by the Moon. More » | | | | You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. Manage your preferences | Unsubscribe | Contact Us | | This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. | |
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