On November 10, 2001, Federal election day, time differences meant that ABC TV’s national poll coverage started at 6.00 pm in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, 5.30 pm in South Australia, 5.00 pm in Queensland, 4.30 pm in the Northern Territory and 3.00 pm in Western Australia.In other words, polling was still in progress in several parts of Australia as the ABC began to beam out early results from the three States where booths had closed.This has happened before in federal elections; an…
