Election to be called – open thread

It appears that the prime minister, Scott Morrison, is on his way to visit the governor-general today to call the Australian federal election, apparently...

Podcast #68: Polling and the federal election

Ben is joined by Peter Lewis from the Essential Poll to talk about the current state of polling in the lead up to the...

Federal election guide unlocked

It looks likely that the federal election will be called this coming weekend, for the 14th or 21st of May. With that, I've now unlocked...

PNG creates new electorates

Papua New Guinea's parliament has recently passed the first successfully redistribution in the nation since 1977. The decision will see seven new seats created...

Don’t let single-member electorates off the hook

There's been a lot of discussion over the last few days about the Labor preselection for my local federal seat of Parramatta, where sitting...

Podcast #67: SA election results

Ben is joined by Rob Manwaring to discuss the results of last weekend's state election in South Australia. This podcast is supported by the Tally...

SA election the next day

I drafted this blog post this morning but unfortunately due to some technical problems the website has been down most of the day. I've...

SA election night live

10:41 - I'm going to end the live blog here but I'll pull together another post tomorrow and will have a results podcast on...

SA election day open thread

Polls have just opened for election day in South Australia's state election. I'll be back with a blog post at 6pm SA time, but...

The seats to watch in the SA election

In the lead up to Saturday's election, I thought I would run through seats worth watching. If you look at the pendulum, there are a...