Election Bulletin

We're in the middle of an election campaign so we shouldn't have been surprised to find some white power in an envelope sent to our office with a postal vote application form.

The police were called and the envelope put to one side. A short time later, Doug, from the local fire station (it's only 50m away) rang to say he wanted us all to leave the building with our hands in the air. I made the last bit up, but we did feel rather like a bunch of failed hostage takers when we stepped out into a blitz of flashing lights on fire and police vehicles and a maze of haz mat tapes, sealing us off from the rest of humanity. A woman stuck her head out of the legal aid centre next door to see what was going on, only to be promptly taped off as well, along with several parked cars.

Doug addressed us reassuringly from a safe distance, while we were photographed by the local paper and a fireman zipped himself into one of those all-enveloping suits, donned an oxygen mask and waddled off to retrieve the envelope. Early indications are that the substance was harmless.

No doubt there are more fun and games to come though Family First have undoubtedly had the best story of the campaign so far and they're welcome to it.