And keeping it on elections, we today asked the Deputy Prime Minister - who got 90% support from Lake Independence in the recent municipal election - how he feels about the emergence of safe seats for both major mass parties in the city.

It used to be that area like Pickstock and Albert were up for grabs, but increasingly these are emerging as strong safe seats - leaving very little up for grabs in the city - we asked about this trend today:

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