Lyndhurst by-election live

8:23pm - All ordinary votes have come in, with prepoll and postal votes yet to come. Labor's vote is sitting just over 40%. Sex...

Tasmanian Legislative Council profiles posted

Voters in three Tasmanian Legislative Council seats go to the polls on May 4 to elect upper house members for the next six years. Profiles...

Northern Tablelands by-election guide

Last week, Richard Torbay's political career came to an end. He's been a state independent MP for Northern Tablelands since 1999, and served as...

Victorian redistribution: round one

The four parties represented in the Victorian parliament have all put in submissions for the redistribution leading up the 2014 election. These boundaries were last...

The built-in coup

As yesterday’s abortive coup played out, Nick Bryant from the BBC penned a fascinating piece laying out the differences in political cultures between Australia...

Lyndhurst by-election guide posted

A by-election will be held in the safe Labor seat of Lyndhurst on 27 April. The seat should be easily retained by Labor, and...

WA 2013 – another counting update

The WA Electoral Commission "pushed the button" today for five of the six Legislative Council regions. The Greens were elected in South Metro and Mining...

NSW redistribution: round one

Last week, the first round of suggestions for the NSW state electoral redistribution were released. From here, there will be a chance to lodge a...

WA 2013 – counting update

Since I last posted, the race has been decided in the Kimberley and in Belmont. Liberal candidate Glenys Godfrey leads in Belmont by 308 votes,...

Queensland councils set to de-amalgamate

On Saturday, while most attention was focused on Western Australia, voters in four regional Queensland areas voted to overturn controversial council amalgamations forced through...