Tasmanian Legislative Council – guide launched
Tasmania holds a unique election every year. The fifteen members of the Legislative Council serve a six-year term, with each member representing a single-member...
NSW council elections – guides launched
Voters in New South Wales go to the polls this September to elect new councillors. The size of these councils vary, with some council...
NT 2024 – guide launched
Northern Territory voters will go to the polls in August this year to elect a new Legislative Assembly. Labor has held power for two...
Brisbane City guide unlocked
I published the first draft of my guide to Brisbane City Council's election back in June 2023, but at the time most of the...
NT redistribution finalised
The redistribution of electoral boundaries for the 2024 Northern Territory election was finalised on Friday.
This has been a long process. The first draft boundaries...
NSW ward redistributions completed
New South Wales councils will be up for election in September 2024, and the process of redrawing ward boundaries for these elections has now...
Podcast #110: Generational gaps in Australian politics
Ben is joined by Shaun Ratcliff from Accent Research to discuss his recent report looking at differences in voting trends across the generations. We...
Dunkley by-election upcoming
Sadly yesterday we heard that federal Labor MP Peta Murphy had died of cancer after a long illness.
This is a website that covers elections,...
WA state redistribution – boundaries finalised
The final electoral boundaries for the next Western Australian state election were released on Friday morning. The changes mostly replicated the draft boundaries released...
Queensland ward boundary changes concluded
Queensland's local councils will be up for election next March. Numerous Queensland councils, including the urban councils of the south-east, use single-member wards (called...