New guides to upcoming by-elections
I have just posted two new guides for two by-elections expected in the next few months.
A by-election will be held soon in the state...
London voting
Voters across the United Kingdom will be voting today in local elections, for local councillors and Mayors.
The system varies wildly - with some areas...
Brisbane City Council 2012
Brisbane City Council stands out from all other local government in Australia. Unlike all other capital cities, Brisbane is governed by a single local...
QLD 2012: A broken system
In my previous posts I examined the results of the Queensland 2012 election and what it means for the ALP to be so decisively...
QLD 2012: Surveying the wreckage
As of this morning, the result is Liberal National Party on 76 seats, the Labor Party on 6, Katter's Australian Party on 2, and...
QLD 2012: Labor crushed
This was no ordinary election defeat. This was no ordinary landslide defeat. It is quite possibly the worst defeat of a major party at...
QLD 2012 – Final predictions
As is tradition on this blog, I've put together my prediction of the results. I never put much stock in these - it's always...
Can the City of Sydney survive?
Last Wednesday, the ALP's sole City of Sydney councillor, Meredith Burgmann, announced a plan for the party to use an open primary to choose...
Seeking information about NSW wards
I've been putting work recently into producing new ward maps for the three east coast states that will have local government elections in 2012.
The...
Queensland election: March 24
Today Anna Bligh announced that the next Queensland state election will be held on March 24 2012.
This is an unusually early announcement of the...