Which councillors are having another go?
Following up on Monday's blog post, I've also added information about whether each candidate is an incumbent councillor to my dataset of 1402 candidates...
Podcast #57: Inner West and City of Sydney council elections
Today I'm joined by Allison Hore from the Inner West Review to discuss the council elections for the City of Sydney and the Inner...
NSW council elections – who is running, and how many?
I've just finished compiling my list of the 1402 candidates running for council or mayor in the 24 most populous councils, the ones featured...
Liberals retreat from Sydney councils
Nominations for the NSW local government elections closed on Wednesday, with the ballot draw held yesterday.
The Liberal Party, who had been steadily increasing their...
Mapping the NSW mayoral elections
When 127 NSW local councils go to the polls over the coming weeks, most voters will just get to vote for their local councillors...
Podcast #56: Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai
Ben is joined by Tina Brown, editor of the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Post, to discuss the council elections in Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai.
Ku-ring-gai in particular has...
Victorian state redistribution – final estimates
The final boundaries for the Victorian state redistribution were released last Thursday. It's taken me a few days but I've now finished making my...
Podcast #55: Northern Beaches council election
This is the second episode in our NSW local council election series.
Today I'm joined by Anthony Caruso, political analyst for Triple H FM radio,...
The factions of Ku-ring-gai
I have been limiting my focus for the upcoming NSW council elections on the 25 most populous councils, 24 of which have elections this...
The many party systems of NSW councils
Australia has a party system. Each state has its own party system, which usually closely resembles the federal system but with its own variety....