The Nationals dilemma
Yesterday, the Nationals announced that they would not be renewing the coalition with the Liberal Party following the 2025 federal election. This is unlikely...
Calwell distribution commences, with Moore off to a strong start
Thursday 8:55am - I should probably make one more post here with now that the AEC has finished their 2CP count. Labor's Basem Abdo...
Booth map of the day – mid-suburban Sydney
For today I've got two maps, covering five seats in mid-suburban Sydney. While these seats are adjacent to each other, I'm keeping them as...
Bradfield headed for recount, with Boele in the lead
The two-candidate-preferred count in Bradfield has finished, with teal independent Nicolette Boele finally taking the lead right at the end, thanks to a very...
Booth map of the day – Calwell
For today's booth map of the day I've gone to Calwell, the most complex seat of 2025. This booth map shows the primary vote...
Let’s not praise the Australian electoral system too much
There's been a lot of discussion in the last few days about the merit of Australia's electoral system. In response to some conservative attacks...
Booth map of the day – northern Tasmania
Tasmania flew under the radar in the lead up to the recent election, because of the lack of state polling in Tasmania. It was...
Booth map of the day – suburban Brisbane
My last few booth maps have been focused on the non-classic races - the Greens in Melbourne, and the teals in Melbourne, Sydney and...
The ever-complexifying House count
In 2022 I wrote a blog post where I explained the phenomenon of the AEC needing to do more distribution of preferences before declaring...
Booth map of the day – teal Sydney and Curtin
For today's blog post, I thought I'd wrap up the remaining urban teal contests in Sydney and Perth.
To start with, this map shows the...