Fadden by-election live
11:31 - I'm finished for the night. We are still waiting for the two-party-preferred figures from Helensvale pre-poll centre and otherwise have all the...
Single-member council wards rolling out in Victoria
Victoria is continuing the process of reviewing its local council wards, and since my last update in May, we have started to see proposed...
Podcast #98: By-election season
Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss three upcoming by-elections in Fadden, Rockingham and Warrandyte, and for a brief update on other election...
Which NSW councils need ward redistributions?
Prior to the 2021 NSW council elections, I analysed the population trends in another of Sydney councils which have been shouldering the bulk of...
Podcast #97: Our semi-parliamentary system
Ben is joined by Professor Steffen Ganghof from the University of Potsdam to discuss his book Beyond Presidentialism and Parliamentarism. Steffen discusses an alternative model...
Queensland election guide launched
I've been using this quiet period between elections to get ready for the elections of 2024, and as part of that I have now...
Podcast #96: Timor-Leste’s parliamentary election
Ben is joined by former AEC official Michael Maley, who has just returned from a trip to Timor-Leste to help with the country's recent...
Time to end non-residential voting for councils
New South Wales appears to be considering changes to rules around voting for the City of Sydney, replacing a special law passed a decade...
Guide for Brisbane City launched
There will be five elections held in 2024 that I am planning to profile in depth. I've now finished my first of those five...
Podcast #95: From seats into votes
Ben is joined by Professor Matthew Shugart from UC Davis to discuss how the electoral system influences the party system. We discuss the effective...