The role of preferences in the two-party race
Australia has used preferential voting for over one hundred years, and in that time the party system has changed quite a bit. Since the...
Nominations declared – the statistical wrap-up
Nominations were declared at midday yesterday across Australia, but it took all afternoon to slowly get a sense of the candidate figures. I hope...
Candidate nominations live blog
7:16 - I'm going to end this live blog here and come back tomorrow morning with a summary of the candidate numbers.
One Nation has...
Podcast #144: Will the Greens hold their own?
Ben is joined by Stewart Jackson and Phoebe Hayman to discuss the role of the Greens in the federal election: the seats they are...
How the map changed from 2007 to 2022
From one election to the next, the swings back and forth of Australian politics can look cyclical - that things start and end in...
The declining two party system in federal politics
Australian politics today is very different to what it was even ten years ago, but the shift in the partisan make-up of the country...
How do the independent seats lean?
With a hung parliament looking very likely at the upcoming federal election, there has been quite a lot of looking back at the last...
Podcast #143: Will there be another independent wave in 2025?
Ben is joined by journalist Rachel Withers, writer of the Crikey column 'Well Hung', to discuss the prospects for independent candidates, including teal and Muslim independents,...
Come along to next week’s event in Sydney
I'll be speaking at an event next week in Sydney as a preview for the federal election.
The event is hosted by my employer GovConnex...
2025 federal candidate update
We're less than two weeks away from nominations closing for the federal election - nominations will close on Thursday 10 April, and will be...