Why can’t Greater Sydney be run as a democracy?
There was a story yesterday about plans by the NSW government to form a "Greater Sydney Commission", which would take charge of planning for...
NT redistribution – draft boundary map finished
Following up on Wednesday's post about the Northern Territory redistribution, I've now completed my Google Earth map of the electoral boundaries.
You can download the...
Draft boundaries released for NT redistribution
Amongst many other redistributions, the Northern Territory is redrawing the boundaries of the 25 electorates for the territory's Legislative Assembly.
The redistribution map was released yesterday....
Federal redistribution update
The Australian Electoral Commission is currently undertaking federal redistributions in New South Wales (which is losing one seat), Western Australia (which is gaining one...
NSW Nationals want smaller seats – how?
Last month, Nationals MLC Ben Franklin announced that he would seek a parliamentary inquiry into the size of the western NSW electorates of Barwon...
Ireland votes yes for marriage equality – results map
Ireland voted on Friday in a referendum on allowing same-sex marriage, and it passed overwhelmingly.
Since I have previously produced a Google map of Ireland's parliamentary...
Senate reform – questions that need answering
Two weeks ago I wrote a piece for the Guardian putting the case for reform to the system of Senate group voting tickets, in...
UK election – counting day
8:27am - Polls have now closed in the UK election, and over the course of the day we will be getting results from each...
UK election – the day before
Voters in the United Kingdom will be voting tomorrow (Thursday 7 May) to elect a new House of Commons - expected to be the...
NSW redistribution – updated figures
Last year, I wrote up an analysis of the prospects for the current redistribution of federal electorates in NSW.
In late April, the final population data,...