Western Australia’s first step on local council voting reform
The Western Australian Labor government has been recently going through a process of changing the structures of local government elections in the state. The...
Warrandyte by-election live
9:45 - All election day booths have now reported, and the Liberal primary vote is on 57%, and the two-candidate-preferred vote is on 70.6%....
Podcast #101: Group voting tickets and ward changes in Victoria
Ben is joined by psephologist Henry Schlechta to discuss two issues of democratic reform in Victoria: the arguments around abolishing group voting tickets, and...
NT redistribution – second draft redistribution published
The second draft of boundaries for the next Northern Territory assembly election was published late last Wednesday, and it's taken me until now to...
First part of federal election guide launched
Australia's next federal election is due to be held by May 2025. There are redistributions underway for three states, but the other 50 electorates...
Podcast #100: Redistributions all around Australia
Ben is joined by ABC chief election analyst Antony Green for the 100th episode of the Tally Room podcast to discuss the many redistributions...
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...