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Today voters are going to the polls in four local council by-elections in New South Wales. Normally I wouldn't cover council by-elections, but one of...

The ACT Electoral Commission has now started the process of drawing new electoral boundaries for the 2016 ACT election, and I have previously written...

With the recent death of former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, discussion has already started about the possibility of creating a federal electorate bearing...

Nominations open this Wednesday for the Victorian state election, and nominations close next Friday, 14 November. Today is also the deadline for party registrations...

Yesterday's twin by-elections in the Hunter region of New South Wales saw Labor regain two seats it had lost at the 2011 election -...

Charlestown - Primary vote results Candidate Party Votes % Swing Luke Arms Independent 4,696 12.25 +12.25 Marc Sky Independent 1,024 2.67 +2.67 Jane Oakley Greens 5,404 14.09 +5.66 Suellen Wrightson Palmer United 2,433 6.35 +6.35 Jodie Harrison Labor 19,045 49.67 +20.76 Luke Cubis Independent 1,333 3.48 +3.48 Arjay Martin Independent 599 1.56 +1.04 Brian Tucker Christian Democratic 1,753 4.57 +2.39 Veronica Hope Independent 2,056 5.36 +5.36 Charlestown - Two-candidate-preferred vote results Candidate Party Votes % Jane Oakley Greens 6,887 29.58 Jodie Harrison Labor 16,395 70.42 Total votes in...

Gough Whitlam represented the federal electorate of Werriwa from a 1952 by-election until his resignation in 1978. The electorate has a long history of...

Clarinda is a Labor seat in south-eastern Melbourne. Clarinda is a new name for the former seat of Clayton, and covers Clarinda, Clayton South, Heatherton and...

Last night's Vasse state by-election in Western Australia was narrowly won by the Liberal Party, after a large surge in support for the Nationals....

Apologies for my absence tonight, I was busy and unable to cover the results in the two by-elections held today: Casuarina in the Northern...