I wonder if you'd receive the correct answer if you went to Gemini directly? I tried the same thing with Lumo, which uses open source models and is usually less accurate than the major players, and it reasoned its way to the correct answer at the first time of asking. My understanding is that that Google's AI Overview is not quite the same thing as Gemini, so perhaps it is more error prone too. I haven't used Google Search for a long time and didn't realise the AI Overview was still this bad.

Here's the reasoning output from Lumo:

The user is asking about the "member for Aspley" - this appears to be a reference to a political representative for the electoral division of Aspley. This could be referring to:

1. A federal electorate in Queensland, Australia (Aspley is a suburb in Brisbane)

2. A state electorate in Queensland

Given the user mentioned they live in Adelaide, South Australia, they might be asking about Australian politics. Aspley is indeed a federal electorate in Queensland, not South Australia.

This is a factual question about current political representation. Since my knowledge cutoff is April 2024, I should use web search to get the most current information about who currently holds this position, as elections and appointments can change.

Let me search for this information.