Aston by-election on the way
Former Liberal minister Alan Tudge announced yesterday that he will be stepping down from parliament, thus triggering a by-election for his Melbourne-area seat of...
Local representation in the NSW upper house
The NSW upper house is elected to represent the whole state, proportionally. I have been wondering for a little while - in the absence...
First-past-the-post rears its ugly head in SA Voice
While there has been a lot of focus on the impending referendum to create the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice at the federal...
NSW 2023 – election guide unlocked
We're now seven weeks out from the NSW state election, and it seemed like a good time to take down the paywall for my...
NSW candidate update
I have just finished an update of my Legislative Assembly candidate list and I thought I'd pop it up here for everyone to take...
Coalition retirements in NSW reach new high
In the lead up to the state election, there have been quite a few prominent MPs have announced their retirement, including a number in...
What might happen at the Victorian and WA federal redistributions?
Yesterday's post analysed the intra-state trends in terms of enrolment for each NSW federal electorate. Today I'm looking at the trends in Victoria and...
Closing the gap in federal seat enrolments in NSW
Federal redistributions will commence this year in three states. Victoria will lose a seat, Western Australia will gain a seat, and New South Wales...
Prospects for changes in federal seat numbers
After every election, there is a process to determine how many electorates each state and territory is entitled to at the following federal election....
How did below-the-line voting perform in Victoria?
I spent a lot of energy before the Victorian election talking about below the line voting - encouraging voters to use the method and...