Podcast #27 – Federal election results

Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham for a quick podcast reacting to the results of the federal election. Please consider supporting this podcast by signing...

Turning our eyes to the Senate

We largely overlooked the Senate count last night, in part due to the late hour at which votes started to arrive. But we now...

The state of play this morning

As my first post today I thought I would summarise the state of play in the House of Representatives. As of last night I had...

Election night live

11:34 - I have to admit tonight's election has been a more difficult one to call, due to some reluctance to call seats due...

Election day thread

Polls have just opened on the east coast in the 2019 Australian federal election. The handful of Australians who are yet to cast a...

Federal 2019 – the race in regional Victoria

In this post I'm looking at the 13 electorates that I have defined as "regional Victoria". This includes the major provincial cities of Geelong,...

Federal 2019 – the race in northern NSW

For this post I'm focusing on those parts of New South Wales to the north of Sydney, including the Hunter region. There are five...

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...