Summer hiatus

Just as I did last year, I have ceased posting on the front page of the blog for the Christmas/New Year period. I find...

NSW Labor pummelled by the polls

The NSW Labor Party has again hit rock-bottom in a new state Newspoll out today in the Australian. The poll gives the ALP only...

UK electoral map finished

I have finally completed the UK electoral map for next year's general election for the House of Commons. I had previously completed maps for England,...

Recall madness

The Sydney Morning Herald has today begun a campaign to have the state constitution changed to allow "recall elections", where a petition of a...

By-election wash

Election results on Saturday have largely been interpreted as some sort of endorsement of new Liberal leader Tony Abbott, yet looking at the figures...

Bradfield and Higgins results

8:32pm - There are reports tonight that police were called to Warrawee booth today following an incident where an abusive DLP worker assaulted a...

By-election day

Voters will soon go to the polls in Bradfield, in northern Sydney, and Higgins, in eastern Melbourne, to elect new members of Parliament to...

The Bradfield Nine

So I visited the seat of Bradfield yesterday, covering the Hornsby prepoll centre for a few hours in the afternoon for the Greens' candidate,...

Willagee by-election day

Voters in the southern Perth state electorate of Willagee go to the polls today to elect a new state  MP to succeed former Labor...

Failure to pass?

With Malcolm Turnbull's leadership now in its terminal stage, it seems likely that opposition parties will vote to defer the legislation to establish the...