Victorian councils 2020 – the impact of the Somyurek changes

Nominations closed yesterday for Victoria's local government elections. Ballot papers will be sent out by mail in early October, with the votes being counted...

Podcast #43: Queensland election preview

Ben is joined by the University of Queensland's Chris Salisbury and Glenn Kefford to preview next month's Queensland election. This podcast is supported by the...

QLD 2020 – candidate update

I launched my guide for the Queensland state election on Tuesday, and as part of that guide I have been compiling a list of...

Podcast #42: all about redistributions

Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger and new guest Michael Maley, formerly of the Australian Electoral Commission, to talk all...

Victorian councils update – some campaigning allowed

The Victorian government today announced some rule changes from the end of this weekend which will allow some local government election campaigning which doesn't...

Unveiling the Queensland 2020 election guide

The Queensland state election will be held on October 31, and I have now completed my guide to this election. This guide features profiles of...

How do you run for election under stage 4 lockdown?

Victorians will soon be voting in local council elections amidst an extended lockdown. While the number of new Covid-19 cases has been dropping, Melburnians...

NT 2020 – late counting update

Over a week after the Northern Territory election, there are still four seats where the count is extremely close. I thought I might run...

South Australian redistribution – draft map completed

It's taken me a bit longer than I originally planned, but I've now created a digital map file for the South Australian state redistribution,...

Eden-Monaro preference flows released

The Australian Electoral Commission released the final data from the Eden-Monaro by-election earlier this week. This data breaks down the two-party-preferred preference flows between...