Queensland LNP takes aim at electoral law
While the rest of the country has been focusing on federal politics, two weeks ago the Queensland Attorney-General, Jarrod Bleijie, announced plans for a...
Victorian redistribution draft boundaries map finished
Following on from the completion of the NSW draft boundaries map a fortnight ago, I have now finished the Google Earth maps of the...
Parties registered for 2013: the record is broken
I've previously posted about the surge in political party registration applications, that was threatening to break the record for the largest number of political...
A very different close election
I haven’t been following the polls individually as they come out, and I don’t plan to do so for most of the upcoming campaign....
What’s happening in your seat?
Now that the 150-seat election guide is complete and public, I've been noticing the level of activity on the blog increasing massively - regularly...
NSW and Victorian redistribution updates
Last Thursday, the Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission released the draft boundaries for the Victorian state redistribution. These boundaries are expected to cover the 2014...
Labour retains Ikaroa-Rāwhiti in NZ by-election
Voters in the New Zealand electorate of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti went to the polls yesterday to elect an MP after the death of Labour MP Parekura Horomia.
Labour...
Post-spill candidate update
The candidate list posted on Wednesday morning quickly went out of date, with Julia Gillard and three of her ministers announcing their retirement despite...
Labor leadership spill tonight at 7pm
Julia Gillard has called a caucus meeting at 7pm for a leadership spill, and has said that if she loses she will leave politics.
I...
Candidate update: 550 candidates posted
After independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott announced they would not be contesting their seats earlier today, we now have answers from all...