North Sydney by-election live
8:29pm - The Liberal vote has increased to 47.7% and the Ruff vote has dropped to 18.8%, with about two-thirds of booths reporting.
7:55pm - Just...
ACT redistribution finalised
The Australian Electoral Commission today announced the final boundaries for the ACT at the next federal election. They haven't made any changes to the...
NSW council amalgamations deadline looms
Yet another NSW government deadline looms today for local councils under the threat of amalgamation, and this time it looks likely to result in...
Polwarth and South-West Coast by-elections
7:25pm - The Liberal Party looks set to retain both seats. At the moment they are on 47.7% in Polwarth, which should easily be...
North Sydney by-election – December 5
The by-election for Joe Hockey's seat of North Sydney has been scheduled for Saturday 5 December.
I've now posted the guide to the by-election, which...
NSW redistribution – map complete
I've now completed the Google Earth map of the draft federal electoral boundaries for New South Wales.
Download the map here.
I've also produced a fusion...
Increase to Queensland malapportionment on the cards?
I've missed a story which has been quietly bubbling along for the last few months which could see a bill introduced by the opposition...
IPART declares NSW councils “unfit”, set for merger fight
The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has today released its report into the "Fit for the Future" process, which has been the...
Tuesday news open thread
We're expecting two big bits of news today.
The Canadian election results will be flowing in over the next few hours. Polls close at 10am...
NSW redistribution – notional vote figures
I've been getting a bunch of questions about the relative strength of parties in the proposed new federal electorates which were released by the...