QLD by-elections – rare polls released
Two polls were published yesterday in the Courier Mail pointing towards possibly interesting results in the two Queensland state by-elections due for this Saturday.
In the...
Podcast #34: COVID-19 and Queensland elections
Ben is joined by Glenn Kefford and Chris Salisbury from the University of Queensland to discuss the Queensland state by-elections and the City of...
QLD council elections – early voting through the roof
Early voting commenced at the beginning of this week, and after three days it looks like numbers are very high in the shadow of...
Podcast #33: Council elections in South-East Queensland
Ben is joined again by Alexis Pink from 4ZZZ to discuss elections for the councils surrounding the City of Brisbane: Gold Coast, Ipswich, Moreton...
How do you vote in a pandemic?
Applications for postal voting close at 7pm on Monday night. Click here to apply for a vote.
Elections are due in Queensland in less than...
Victorian council wards – how they have changed
I blogged the other day about Victoria's system of independent reviews of each council's electoral structure (the number of wards and the number of...
Victoria’s ward review system: what has been lost
One of the truly sad things about the new local government legislation passed on Thursday night by the Victorian upper house is how it...
Nominations close in Brisbane City and Bundamba
Nominations closed for Queensland's local government elections, as well as the Bundamba state by-election, on Wednesday. These elections will be held on March 28,...
Some thoughts on the single transferable vote
The single transferable vote (STV) is used widely in Australian elections, under a variety of names. Sometimes it's called Hare-Clark, but it's often just...
2019 election – states swing in opposite directions
This post draws on analysis in my chapter in Morrison's Miracle, a forthcoming book from ANU Press and Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia...