The blue wall blocking the Labor majority
Labor won a large two-party-preferred vote, yet looks set to fall short of a parliamentary majority. For most of modern Australian political history, a...
Podcast #90: Aston by-election preview
Ben is joined again by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss this weekend's federal by-election in the seat of Aston.
This podcast is...
NSW 2023 – the vanishing Labor majority
At the end of election night, Labor had definitively won 45 seats, but was expected to pick up enough extra seats to win a...
Podcast #89: NSW election results
Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the results of the NSW state election.
Poll Bludger live results page
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NSW 2023 – Legislative Council count progress
We are now starting to get a substantial sample of votes for the Legislative Council, and it's giving us some sense of who is...
NSW 2023 – next day review
There were a lot of parallels between the NSW result and last year's federal election result. On a Labor vs Coalition basis, the result...
NSW 2023 – Election night
Polls have just closed in New South Wales.
I won't be running a liveblog tonight, but you can follow me by listening in to ABC...
NSW 2023 – early voting reaches new high
Polls have just opened for election day in New South Wales. I won't be regularly updating today but I wanted to give an update...
NSW wrap-up – the upper house
Most of the media attention tends to focus on the lower house, but voters will be casting two ballots, and the Legislative Council is...
NSW wrap-up – the non-classic regional races
Today I'm looking into the seats of interest in regional New South Wales that aren't just a simple Labor vs Coalition contest.
I've identified seven...