Federal election live
In addition to updating this liveblog here, you can also follow my commentary on Twitter or at the Guardian liveblog.
9:26pm - Sorry guys, I'm going...
Election eve open thread
Polls open on the east coast in fifteen hours. I thought I might open up a quick post to allow commenters to post general...
Early voting update
The Australian Electoral Commission is publishing daily statistics on the number of postal vote applications (PVAs) received, and the number of votes cast at...
Seat polls – how do they compare?
We've seen a surge in seat polls at this election.
By my count I've found at least 50 polls which have been publicly released since the...
Nominations announced – final update
Nominations were declared at midday yesterday, and I've just finished updating the candidate lists for each seat and the eight Senate races.
I wrote speculatively...
Candidate numbers update
I've written a piece for the Guardian going through the numbers of candidates running at this point.
Since I wrote that piece yesterday afternoon, I've identified...
Candidate update
I've gotten a number of queries from people asking why their particular favoured candidate on the website. I thought I would just explain my...
NSW council amalgamations – the never-ending election
Yesterday I posted a quick summary of the NSW government's council amalgamation announcement.
Today I wanted to run through the partisan impact of the councils...
NSW council amalgamations round one
This is a quick post. I'll come back later tonight with an updated map showing the new councils and their partisan breakdown, along similar...
Day 0: Election called
Malcolm Turnbull will be visiting the Governor-General shortly to call the 2016 federal election, assumed to be a double dissolution for July 2.
This is the...