Queensland election to be called today?
There have been persistent rumours last night and this morning that Queensland Premier Campbell Newman will cut his holiday short today to come back...
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...