Close seat update – here’s the model
We saw a small amount of counting yesterday, but we should be able to narrow the list of undecided seats.
When I last posted, I...
Pauline Hanson and the old Senate system
There's been a lot of arguments coming out suggesting that Pauline Hanson and the rest of her team are only contenders for seats thanks...
Looking forward in the close seats
I have a list of sixteen seats which I think are close enough to pay further attention over the next few days as more...
The day after – quick update
Firstly, apologies for the technical problems last night. I hope that readers were able to follow my commentary as part of the Guardian liveblog....
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...