Day 6: Election leaflet website launched

The Australian version of the 'Straight Choice' franchise was launched yesterday, at electionleaflets.org.au. Somehow they have already got a flow of leaflets appearing on...

Day 5: Filter Conroy?

The debate over the internet filter has demonstrated that an expertise in technology and social media doesn't necessarily translate into political smarts. Stilgherrian ripped apart...

Day 4: Essential, Labor-Greens preferences

Yesterday, Essential followed Newspoll and Galaxy, with a poll showing the ALP with 55% of the two-party preferred vote. The ALP is steady on...

Day 3: Galaxy and Newspoll diverge

We've had two polls come out in the last few hours showing remarkably divergent results. Galaxy has brought out their second poll of the weekend....

Election called for August 21

News reports are unanimous in reporting that Prime Minister Julia Gillard is on the way to Canberra to meet with the Governor-General and ask...

Deeply off the record…

Many commentators have reacted with great surprise to how long it took the Liberal Party to preselect candidates for the Western Sydney marginal seats...

Maps of federal MPs by gender

A year ago I made a map where I colour-coded seats in the NSW parliament according to gender. With the rise of our first...

Galaxy/Nielsen: 52-48 to Labor, Greens on 14/13

I don't usually post about the regular polls that we will see more of over the next few weeks as we plunge into the...

Seat profile #136: Murray

Murray is a safe Liberal seat in northern Victoria. It covers Victorian towns on the southern side of the Murray river, including Shepparton and...

Finishing the guide to the federal election

Yesterday I finished the final seat in the guide to the federal election. I have now posted all 150, which you can access in...