Referendums at the 2024 NSW council elections

Voters in ten NSW local councils won't just be electing councillors this month, but will also be voting on questions put on the ballot...

NSW councils – how many councillors are running again?

When I was compiling my candidate lists I was keeping track of what was happening with incumbent councillors. This has allowed me (at least for...

SA draft redistribution published

The South Australian state redistribution was released two weeks ago, but with all of the other elections I have only now had time to...

Rory Amon’s departure causes Pittwater by-election

A by-election will be coming up soon for the NSW state seat of Pittwater, at the northern end of the Northern Beaches, after sitting...

Podcast #128: NT election – the 90s are back

Ben is joined by the ABC's Thomas Morgan to discuss the results of the NT election. We talk about the CLP's big victory, how...

NT 2024 – the next morning

Last night's election results were very decisive, and the result became clear quite early on. In hindsight I realise I never bothered to actually...

NT election night live

11:24 - I'm gonna end the live blog here. I'll be back in the morning with another blog post. 11:20 - The addition of some...

NT election day open thread

Polls have just opened in the Northern Territory. I won't be blogging during the day, but I'll be back at 6pm ACST to cover the...

NSW council elections – the big party presence

This blog is a follow-up to my post from November 2021, which tracked where the Labor, Liberal and Greens parties had run across the...

Podcast #127: The NSW Liberal nomination mess

This is a solo episode, where Ben runs through all the key parts of the story of how and where the NSW Liberal Party...