Political impact of expanding territorial Senate numbers
As a follow-up to Thursday's blog post, I wanted to look into the question of what would actually happen if the territories were granted...
Federal redistributions – seat quota update
At the start of this year I put together two blog posts looking at likely trends in how the redistributions might be drawn in...
Why should equal Senate representation stop at Tasmania?
There was a lot of discussion yesterday after Senator Don Farrell, the Special Minister of State, indicated the government is still intending to expand...
Double dissolution prospects
There's been a lot of talk about double dissolutions in recent weeks, with the federal Labor government threatening an early election in particular over...
Federal seat count for next election locked in
The Australian Electoral Commission made it official last week: the House of Representatives will shrink by one seat. New South Wales and Victoria will...
Rockingham by-election open thread
9:15 - It looks like we've got most of the 2PP count we'll get tonight and the swing is sitting on just over 22%,...
Podcast #99: History of STV in the USA
Ben is joined by American political scientist Jack Santucci to discuss the history of the single transferable vote electoral system and its implementation in...
WA redistribution – follow-up analysis
I wrote a quick blog post yesterday after the release of the draft electoral map for the next Western Australian state election. Now I'm...
Draft state electoral boundaries for Western Australia released
The draft electoral boundaries for the next Western Australian state election were released overnight. One regional electorate has been abolished, making room for one...
Enrolment growth forces NT redistribution back to the drawing board
The Northern Territory Electoral Commission published its draft boundaries for the 2024 Legislative Assembly election back in May, but that process will now have...