NSW redistribution submissions

I've been quiet for the last few days, mainly because I have been going through the ALP and Liberal submissions to the AEC's New...

Tasmanian Legislative Council live

7:25pm - With between 30% and 45% of the vote counted, depending on the electorate, we're getting a bit of a picture. In Derwent,...

Brilliant new booth maps

Nathan Lambert has extended the work that Possum has done in mapping election results by booth. He has produced excellent Google Earth maps showing...

Submissions to the Republic inquiry

I had a read through the submissions to the Senate inquiry into Senator Bob Brown's legislation to hold a plebiscite to gauge support in...

Queensland submissions

Submissions closed last Friday for Queensland's federal redistribution, and they have now been published online. The interesting factors include: A large number of submissions have...

Greens push for republic vote

The republican debate has been restarted this morning as a Senate inquiry has begun sitting to consider a Greens proposal for a plebiscite on...

Good riddance to bad newspapers

Listening to Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch podcast this morning, I heard this fascinating excerpt from ABC Radio National's Saturday Extra program three weeks ago,...

Specter switches parties

I haven't been covering the early movements in the lead-up to the 2010 U.S. mid-term elections on this blog. One of the key contests...

Wrapping up South Africa

The final votes have been tallied in South Africa, and the results are in. The national and provincial tallies have been published at the...

Icelandic left coming to power

After yesterday's election, Iceland appears on track for a continuing Social Democrat/Left-Green coalition government, with the figures reflecting recent polling figures: Iceland’s left wing parties...