Victorian federal redistribution – official numbers published
The Australian Electoral Commission has now officially published the population projections to be used when redrawing Victoria's federal electoral map prior to the next...
WA federal redistribution – official numbers published
The Australian Electoral Commission has now released the numbers to be used when drawing new federal electoral boundaries for Western Australia. This follows up...
The Indian-Australian vote for Yes
When I went to look at the Voice referendum results at the booth level in my local area, I noticed some surprising trends in...
The Indigenous vote in rural electorates
There has been some confusion and even some misleading analysis looking at how the Yes vote performed in seats with large Indigenous populations.
In particular,...
Podcast #106: Voice referendum wrap-up
Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to recap the results of the Voice referendum.
This podcast is supported by the Tally Room’s...
Voice results show similar geographic trends to 1999 and 2022
Well last night's referendum results turned out to be decisive. At the time of writing, No is sitting on 60.3% of the national vote,...
Voice referendum night
Polls have just closed in south-eastern Australia in the Voice referendum. Polls will close in 30 minutes in South Australia, in one hour in...
Referendum day open thread
Polls have just opened in south-eastern Australia in the first federal constitutional referendum in a quarter-century on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice...
Which state will be the tipping point?
Australian constitutional referendums aren't fought at the seat level. They aren't really fought at the national level. It's actually a contest in six states.
A...
Podcast #105: Voice referendum final week
Ben is joined today by Peter Brent to wrap up the referendum campaign. We discuss the state of the polls, the relative position of...