Pre-poll voting breaks record
As of the end of voting on Wednesday night, just over 3.5 million Australians had cast a vote via pre-poll. This broke the record...
Federal 2019 – the race in Tasmania
There are five constitutionally-guaranteed seats in Tasmania. Four of these seats are held by Labor, while the fifth is held by independent MP Andrew...
Federal 2019 – the race in regional Queensland
There are ten seats in Queensland outside of the south-eastern corner, including central and northern Queensland plus a handful of seats further inland. The...
Federal 2019 – what are your predictions?
We are now three days away from polls opening in the federal election, and I've seen a number of commenters posting their broader predictions...
Podcast #26 – Anti-politics and how to watch election night
Ben is joined by William Bowe and Elizabeth Humphrys to discuss anti-politics and election night - in particular what seats are worth watching and...
Federal 2019 – the race in southern NSW and the ACT
For my next regional focus I decided to split regional New South Wales into two areas: north and south. Today I'll be looking at...
United Australia – where might their vote come from?
Clive Palmer's United Australia Party is running a big campaign in this federal election, with a big-budget national advertising campaign. It's hard to know...
Plan out your vote with this how-to-vote tool
We've now got one more week before election day and a few people have been asking me for advice about how to plan out...
Federal 2019 – the race in Melbourne
There are 25 federal electorates in the Melbourne metropolitan area. Labor won 16 of these seats in 2016, with the Liberal Party winning eight...
Federal 2019 – the race in Sydney
There are 29 federal electorates in the greater Sydney region (including the Central Coast and Blue Mountains) - it's the most populous region in...