Shaw puts Victoria on edge of early election
Less than six months from the next scheduled Victorian state election, the Victorian coalition government is gripped by political instability after ex-Liberal independent Geoff...
Chris Davis resigns from Stafford
Last Friday, embattled former LNP minister Chris Davis resigned his seat of Stafford in the Queensland state parliament.
Davis had served as Assistant Minister for...
Throwing the game in Epsom
I'm well on my way to preparing the maps of New Zealand's electorates for the guide to the September election - yesterday I finished half...
Parliamentary committee aiming to end group voting tickets
The federal Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters released its interim report yesterday, which covered recommendations for how to reform the Senate voting system.
The Senate...
Tasmania LC 2014 – results wrap
Unfortunately I wasn't able to follow results last night for the two Tasmanian Legislative Council seats that went to the polls yesterday. Tasmania's upper...
JSCEM – move for Senate voting reform
The federal Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) held hearings yesterday in Canberra, where representatives from five political parties presented evidence on how...
Tasmanian upper house – nine days to go
The next Australian election will take place Saturday week, with two Tasmanian upper house electorates electing representatives for the next six years.
I've already written...
NZ electorate map finalised
In the lead-up to the New Zealand election in September, the final map of electoral boundaries was released last Thursday. The changes are relatively...
WA Senate 2014 – Liberal Party wins final seat
After the closeness of the 2013 election, we were all ready for a close contest in 2014, but that hasn't eventuated. At the end...
Blain by-election results live
8:09 - And that's it for tonight. Short and sweet election night.
8:07 - One last point to raise before finishing this liveblog. If you...