New Zealand election guide launched
After a few months of work, I've completed the Tally Room guide to the upcoming New Zealand general election.
New Zealand will be electing a new...
ACT redistribution – 17 to 25
While I was away in the US, the ACT Legislative Assembly officially voted to increase the number of seats in the Assembly from 17...
Jeff McCloy resigns – yet another by-election
The Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Jeff McCloy, resigned his position this morning, after recent ICAC revelations that he had donated money to a number...
City of Sydney business voting – bill revealed
Following on from the announcement earlier this week that the NSW state government will support a bill from the Shooters and Fishers that will...
Two NSW by-elections after MPs resign over ICAC donations scandal
Voters in two electorates in the Hunter region of New South Wales will be voting in by-elections in coming months, less than a year...
If you can’t win, change the voters?
Since the expanded City of Sydney was created in 1948, every single state government has tinkered with the City of Sydney's structure and boundaries to...
Stafford nominations close
Nominations were announced yesterday for the by-election in the Queensland state seat of Stafford.
Only four candidates nominated, representing Labor, Liberal National, Greens and Family...
Check it out – NZ 2014 election guide
New Zealand goes to the polls on 20 September for their general election.
The National-led centre-right government will be running for a third term at...
WA redistribution – what could happen?
In 2015, New South Wales and Western Australia will both undergo redistributions to redraw federal electoral boundaries due to New South Wales losing its...
NSW redistribution – what could happen?
Every three years, approximately one year after the federal election, Australia's population is assessed, and each state and territory is given a set number...