I’ll see you all in 2015

This is the last front-page blog post for the Tally Room for 2014. I'll be returning on January 12, and will be jumping straight into...

Brisbane City – redrawing the wards

The City of Brisbane is unlike any other council in Australia. With a population of over one million people, the council is much larger...

Victoria 2014 – Morwell broken down

Apart from the extremely close count in Prahran, one of the most interesting races in the recent Victorian state election was the seat of...

Victoria 2014 – Legislative Council count finalised

Earlier today, the Victorian Electoral Commission 'pushed the button' for the eight Legislative Council regions. Overall the result is: 14 - Labor 14 - Liberal 5 - Greens 2 -...

Victoria 2014 – Legislative Council still counting

More than two weeks after the Victorian state election, all 88 Legislative Assembly seats have been finalised, but there are a number of undecided...

Fisher update – could there be another win from third?

All votes have now been counted for last weekend's Fisher by-election for the state seat in Adelaide's southern suburbs. Earlier this week I wrote about how,...

Fisher – Liberal takes the lead?

While we were all distracted by Prahran yesterday afternoon, quite strange things were happening in the count for the South Australian state seat of...

Prahran – what happened?

The Victorian Greens appear to have won a second seat in the Legislative Assembly after the distribution of preferences in Prahran last night. Prahran...

Prahran – Greens overtake Labor

Update: We now have widespread reports that the Greens have won the distribution of preferences by a 128-vote margin over sitting Liberal MP Clem...

Prahran – could the Greens win from third?

Prahran has been the stand-out seat in terms of late counting for the Victorian state election. While every other seat has now been decided,...