FED:I'm not out of the count: Couser

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2010
FED:I'm not out of the count: Couser

HOBART, Aug 24 AAP - The Greens Denison candidate says he has not given up hope of
winning the now crucial seat.

The Hobart-based electorate is one of four where the result of Saturday's poll remains
unclear, with the prospect of a hung parliament seeming certain.

Greens candidate Geoff Couser sits fourth in the primary vote count behind Labor's
Jonathan Jackson, Independent Andrew Wilkie and the Liberals' Cameron Simpkins.

Mr Jackson holds a 408-vote lead follow after preferences, with half of the electorate's
56 booths recounted.

The Australian Electoral Commission says it could take until next Friday before a winner
becomes clear.

Dr Couser said he is still in the running.

"It's really unlikely, it's a big mountain to climb," he told ABC Radio on Tuesday.

"But there are still 13,000 postal votes to be counted. I'd just like to make the point
that it's by no means definite.

"I'm a fair distance behind, but if I do get past Andrew Wilkie, then I'll get preferences,
and anything can happen."

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