NSW 2019 – will we see “Just Vote 1” on Saturday?
New South Wales elections are different to the rest of Australia. In all other federal and state lower house elections featuring single-member electorates, we...
Podcast #20 – final week of the NSW election
Ben was joined by social researcher Rebecca Huntley and the Poll Bludger's William Bowe to talk about the key issues of the state election...
NSW 2019 – the race in the Hunter and the Central Coast
The Hunter and the Central Coast is a region mostly dominated by Labor, who recovered most of their ground in 2015 after a disastrous...
NSW 2019 – final how-to-votes released
We received a flood of new information about the state election yesterday morning at 8am, when the NSW Electoral Commission published every piece of...
NSW 2019 – the race in eastern Sydney
Today I'm focusing on a block of 29 seats in the eastern half of Sydney. This area doesn't really identify as "eastern Sydney" but...
How many numbers is too many?
I wrote yesterday about the Queensland government's slate of reforms to Queensland local government elections, most of which I think are excellent. I focused...
Help back in proportional representation for QLD councils
The Queensland government has recently announced plans to introduce proportional representation to some council elections as part of a broad set of reforms. This...
NSW 2019 – join the conversation
One of the most fun parts of this website in the lead-up to an election is the comments on each seat guide. Every seat...
NSW 2019 – how about the Shooters?
One of the most interesting features of this election is the radically increased significance of the party now called the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers.
The...
ACT redistribution – submissions suggest the way
The ACT is currently redrawing its electoral boundaries for the local Legislative Assembly, and as previously discussed there are not a lot of options...