ALP and NZ Labour experiment with leadership in parallel
On Thursday, we saw former Labor Senate leader Stephen Conroy come out attacking the new Labor leadership rules pushed through by Kevin Rudd during...
Seat in focus: McEwen
McEwen was the closest seat at the 2007 election, and this time it's one of the closest again. Currently the Liberal Party's Donna Petrovich...
Seat in Focus: Capricornia
Behind yesterday's profile seat of Barton, Capricornia is the second-closest seat in the country, with the ALP's Peter Freeleagus currently leading by 156 votes.
Capricornia...
Tuesday counting update
Another short update on today's counting in tight races.
Barton - the addition of more ordinary votes has narrowed the Labor lead from 68 to...
Seat in focus: Barton
As of the time of writing (on Monday night), Barton is the second-closest seat in the country, with Labor leading by 68 votes with...
Monday counting update
After very little to no counting taking place on Sunday, counts progressed yesterday in a number of key seats. This is a short update...
State of the House
Tony Abbott's Liberal/National Coalition has been elected, but without a sweeping landslide as previously predicted.
So far the Coalition has gained eleven seats off the...
State of the Senate: crossbench boom
There is a lot still up in the air in the Senate, but it is the more interesting element of the election at this...
Website loading problems
As I'm sure readers have seen, my blog is not coping with current demand for hits. Until I can solve his problem I have...
Election night liveblog
11:39pm - This is my final update for the night - hopefully tomorrow I'll be back home at the Tally Room.
The Senate has become extremely...