ACT federal redistribution finalised – live
8:53 - To finish up this liveblog, I have managed to put together a map of the changes. Fenner was easy - they have...
Democracy isn’t an optional extra
My attention has been drawn to a story from Kiama Council in southern New South Wales, where the council has attempted to avoid filling...
Secret Harbour by-election incoming
A retirement announcement today has triggered a state by-election which could be the next chapter in the advancement of One Nation in Australia.
Labor state...
Untangling the margin in Mulgrave
After publishing my Queensland state redistribution estimates on Monday, it was drawn to my attention that there was a different way of calculating the...
Final Queensland state redistribution – publication day
6:41 - I am going to wrap up the liveblog here. Please let me know if you see any problems, but I think everything...
New insights from final preference data in Farrer
The AEC published the final results data from the Farrer by-election on Wednesday.
Of particular interest is the breakdown of how preferences flowed from each...
New data covering early 2026 elections
Now that we've finished another round of elections, I have added a number of new datasets to my collection of election data.
I've put together...
One Nation and Victorian upper house reform
We are getting ever closer to the Victorian state election, to be held in just over six months in late November.
The Victorian Labor government...
Stafford by-election live
10:46 - Labor has won the Chermside South pre-poll booth with 51.3% after preferences. This puts them on 51.2% of the 2CP vote, 768...
Farrer election night – live
6:17 - I can now reveal that the AEC has chosen to conduct a notional two-candidate-preferred count between independent Michelle Milthorpe and One Nation's...