NSW wrap-up – the classic Sydney races

Over the course of this week I'll be running through four categories of seats that seem interesting as we get closer to Saturday. Today,...

Could we have another state redistribution in NSW soon?

New South Wales legislation sets a schedule for redistributions of Legislative Assembly electorates to be held once every two terms. We have had redistributions...

How might a hung parliament play out?

There's a lot of talk about hung parliaments, but they're not all the same. A potential hung parliament in New South Wales will play...

Another surge of councillors in state parliament?

I've been an unusual number of councillors announcing their candidacy for the state election. It made me wonder, how many are actually running? How...

What is the likely gender balance in the new NSW parliament?

It's a common topic on this blog that I analyse how many men and women are nominated for each party, but it's not really...

Podcast #87: Prospects for a hung parliament in NSW

In today's episode Ben is joined by Peter Chen from the University of Sydney. They discuss the prospects for a hung parliament and the...

Preference data that could inform a hung parliament

There is a lot of speculation about the potential for a hung parliament in NSW, legitimately in my opinion. In today's post, the last examining...

What votes make up the 2PP?

As a follow up to last week's series of articles on preference flows, I wanted to understand which voters end up in the two-party-preferred...

The numbers for the upcoming NT redistribution

Everyone including myself is closely focused on the NSW state election, but I wanted to draw a bit of attention to an upcoming redistribution,...

NSW 2023 – Nominations close

Nominations were declared yesterday in the New South Wales state election. There has been a slight reduction in the number of candidates in the...