Coming up next: Tasmanian upper house elections

The next election in Australia will be taking place two weeks from tomorrow. It is the most peculiar of Australia's regular elections: the Tasmanian...

Northern Territory election guide complete

The Northern Territory general election is due next month, on August 22nd. The first-term Gunner Labor government will be seeking a second term, while their...

Podcast #37 – Eden-Monaro results and state seat entitlements

Ben is joined by William Bowe, the Poll Bludger, to discuss the results of the Eden-Monaro by-election. We then digressed into a discussion of...

Eden-Monaro – where the south-east was won

It took all night, but early this morning it became clear that Labor had won the Eden-Monaro by-election, when the last of the pre-poll...

Eden-Monaro by-election – results live

12:22am - A rush of pre-poll votes has just been added to the system. Labor suffered a 4.1% swing at Jerrabomberra and a 3%...

Eden-Monaro by-election – election day thread

Polls have just opened in the federal seat of Eden-Monaro in south-eastern New South Wales. I will be back to cover the results tonight, although...

The book of the 2019 election – now out

The definitive academic take on the 2019 federal election has been released today by ANU Press. Morrison's Miracle features 36 contributors covering every angle of the...

Podcast #36: Eden-Monaro preview

Ben is joined by Stewart Jackson from the University of Sydney to preview this weekend's federal by-election in the seat of Eden-Monaro. You can subscribe...

Big jump in postals as Eden-Monaro votes in a pandemic

We've entered the last week of early voting before this Saturday's by-election in the south-east NSW seat of Eden-Monaro. We have quite a bit...

Turning 16 WA seats into 15

Western Australia is on track to lose the sixteenth seat it gained at the 2016 election. This will trigger a redistribution before the next...