Northern Tablelands by-election guide

Last week, Richard Torbay's political career came to an end. He's been a state independent MP for Northern Tablelands since 1999, and served as...

My papers for the 2023 APSA conference

The 2023 conference of the Australian Political Science Association is taking place in Sydney this week, and I will be presenting two papers -...

JSCEM – move for Senate voting reform

The federal Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) held hearings yesterday in Canberra, where representatives from five political parties presented evidence on how...

Europe 2009 – Finland

Finland joined the EU in 1995, first electing MEPs in a 1996 by-election. At the 1996 election and 1999 election Finland elected 16 MEPs,...

New website design

Some of my more committed readers may have noticed that this website was unavailable late on Saturday night. Basically an attempt to install a...

Breaking down the Liberal breakdown

Malcolm Turnbull looks set to lose his leadership in a push to pass the government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, causing a deeper split in...

NSW 2019 – lower house swing map and new pendulum

Counting has now concluded for the Legislative Assembly as part of the New South Wales state election - the Legislative Council will be concluded...

Seat #4: Te Tai Tokerau

Te Tai Tokerau is a Maori electorate covering the Northland region, and the northern and western fringes of Auckland. The electorate has been held since...

Victoria 2022 – Nominations close with record field

Victoria's ballot papers will be larger than ever, with lower house ballots in particular growing on average by about 46% compared to 2018, while...

More information on Indro bogus flyer

Today's Australian carries an article reporting on fake how-to-vote cards handed out by a "Kristy Burchert"  in Indooroopilly calling Greens MP Ronan Lee a...