Well, the results are out. It’s ‘yes’ – so have a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Preferably something home-baked and comforting, like butter sponge or fruitcake.

Bennelong, John Howard’s old seat, lost to Labor’s Maxine McKew, and won back by John Alexander, returned a very narrow ‘No” vote in the SSM vote, an omen for Bennelong’s mid-December election.