hiː wʌz ɹiːᵻlˈɛktᵻd hˈændili æt ðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn ᵻlˈɛkʃən, pˈɪkɪŋ ˌʌp ɐ swˈɪŋ lˈɑːɹdʒ ɪnˈʌf tə ɹᵻvˈɜːt bˈeɪs tʊ ɐ sˈeɪf lˈɪbɚɹəl sˈiːt, æz dʒˈɪpslənd wˈɛst hɐdbɪn.
He was reelected handily at the 2010 election, picking up a swing large enough to revert Bass to a safe Liberal seat, as Gippsland West had been.