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

11:39pmĀ - This is my final update for the night - hopefully tomorrow I'll be back home at the Tally Room. The Senate has become extremely...

Election day open thread

Election day has arrived. Today I'll be spending the day at the polling booth at Sydney Town Hall, one of the biggest booths in...

Election eve predictions thread

I've had much less time than I would have liked to blog during the campaign, and have used my little spare time to update...