Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Secret Harbour byelection.

Schools are covered in corflutes, voters are dodging colourful party faithful and P&Cs have been slinging sausages this morning as one of the most fascinating political contests in this state in recent memory nears a close.

Half of the electorate has already voted with more than 18,000 people opting for prepoll or postal voting, meaning volunteers vastly outnumbered voters at the booths this masthead visited in the morning.

Premier Roger Cook said he would be heartbroken if his party’s candidate Georgia Tree loses the seat while One Nation’s Luke Herdegen said the…

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