ACT redistribution finalised
Along with the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Brisbane City Council, the ACT has also been redrawing its electoral boundaries for the local Legislative...
WA redistribution – draft boundaries map
The draft boundaries for the Western Australian state redistribution were released three weeks ago, but it has taken me some time to put together...
New dataset – upper house votes from South Australia
It may have taken about 500 days to be published, but the Electoral Commission of South Australia finally published the complete statistics report for...
South Australian council voting – back to cheap and ugly?
South Australia is now the third state government to announce plans to tinker with the voting system for local councils this year, joining Queensland...
Preference flows – dive into the map
The Australian Electoral Commission finalised the results of the 2019 federal election last week (now available at results.aec.gov.au) and this included the publication of...
State seat swaps look set to bring House back to 150
Once every three years, one year after the first sitting of parliament following the election, the latest population estimates are used to determine the...
Victorian government vs local democracy
In the wake of the federal election you may have missed a story about how the Victorian government is planning to change the way...
Taking a break for a while
Now that the election is over I will be taking an extended break. I won't be doing any work on the Tally Room for...
NT redistribution – draft boundaries released
While we've been focused on the federal election, redistributions have been progressing for the local Legislative Assemblies in both the ACT and the Northern...
Senate count update – week four
We're now halfway through the fourth week of counting for the Senate, and the count has got close to the finish line, although we...