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....
Podcast #54: Camden, Campbelltown and Liverpool
This is the first in a series of podcasts with local experts about various major local councils in New South Wales in the lead-up...
Pre-poll boom expected for NSW council elections
The NSW Electoral Commission has now released it's planned booths for both pre-poll and election day for the December 4 elections (check out "step...
How-to-votes banned at booths for NSW council elections
Throughout the most recent outbreak of COVID-19 in New South Wales there has been a lack of information about how the election process would...