The key stats from the Victorian council elections
We are now coming towards the end of the Victorian council elections. For the councils I have been covering, final primary votes have been...
Why we don’t have solid results from Victoria’s councils
The process of vote-counting for the Victorian council elections started last Saturday, and while a lot of votes have been counted, absolutely none of...
Victorian committee launches inquiry into upper house structure
The Electoral Matters Committee of the Victorian parliament has launched an inquiry into the structure of the Legislative Council.
The inquiry is not seeking submissions...
Podcast #135: LNP takes power in Queensland
Ben is joined by Alexis Pink from ZZZ to discuss the LNP coming to power in Queensland. We discuss the divide between north and...
Queensland 2024 – the next morning
Last night's election result was nothing like the wipe-out expected when the LNP was on 55-56% of the two-party-preferred vote back in September, but...
Queensland election night live
11:10 - That list of seats has changed a bit since I started on this bit of analysis 40 minutes ago, and the last seat...
Victorian councils – box opening day
Voting closed last night for the Victorian local government elections. Ballot boxes will be opened today and votes will start to be counted.
I believe...
ACT 2024 – how preferences decided the final seats
I have been watching the last week of counting in the ACT election, which eventually made it clear that the Greens' Laura Nuttall would...
Podcast #134: ACT election wrap-up
Ben is joined by ACT historian Chris Monnox and Tasmanian psephologist Kevin Bonham to dig into the results of last weekend's ACT election, looking...
Victorian council election guides finalised
I'm pleased to report that, in the final week of voting for the Victorian council elections, I've now finished my guide to the 33...