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The Drop Bear 2.0 (dropbear@aus.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-May-2025 22:44:31 JST The Drop Bear 2.0

To all of our fedifriends overseas asking “who the fuck is Antony Green and why is all of Australia going on about him”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Green This guy is an absolute rock star in Australia and this is the last election he’s doing for the abc. The election is decided when Antony calls it.
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1. A picture of Antony Green doing jazz hands and wearing a suit and colourful spotted tie. The text reads HAS THE ELECTION BEEN CALLED? YES. The text at the bottom reads Australia Votes and the abc logo is at the bottom right hand side
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  Antony Green
  
  Antony John Green (born 2 March 1960) is an Australian psephologist, data scientist, journalist and commentator. He is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's chief election analyst. Early years and background Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in northern England, Green immigrated to Australia with his family in 1964. He attended James Ruse Agricultural High School in Sydney, graduating in 1977. Green graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and computing, and a Bachelor of Economics with honours in politics from the University of Sydney. He worked initially as a data analyst in the computing industry and for a polling company before joining the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 1989. Green recalls he saw an ad for a six-month position as an ABC election researcher and applied, along with 150 other applicants. His experience and his “slightly bubbly personality” helped him get the position. ABC producer Ian Carroll and journalist Kerry O’Brien recommended he stay on and he remains with the ABC until today. Career Green...

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