Victoria 2018 – election night open thread

9:52pm - I'm going to close down this brief liveblog, but I will be back in the morning with further analysis, including a focus...

Victoria 2018 – election day

Voters in Victoria will be voting today in their state election - except, that is, for those who have already voted, in record numbers. As...

Victoria – vote below the line!

I've done a video for my day job explaining to voters how they can vote below the line to avoid the risks of electing...

Podcast #14 – Victorian upper house preferences

In this week's podcast Ben is joined by Tom Clement from Geeklections and Tim Colebatch. We discussed the Victorian upper house race in depth, followed...

Podcast #13 – One year since the marriage survey

Today is one year since the announcement of the result in the marriage law postal survey, and I have a special podcast episode focusing...

Victoria 2018 – the preference cabal is back

The group voting tickets were released on Sunday, showing how each party will direct its preferences for votes cast above-the-line in each region for...

Victorian candidates – final update

Nominations closed today for the Victorian state election. In this post I'll run through the numbers on how many people are running, and from...

Victorian nominations – Liberals sit out inner city?

Nominations will close tomorrow for registered political parties running in the Victorian state election, with independents having until Friday to nominate. The Liberal Party today...

Podcast #12 – Tasmanian council elections

Kevin Bonham and I have just put together a bonus episode to discuss the Tasmanian council elections, focusing on the results of the Hobart...

Podcast #11 – Greens seats in Victoria

In this episode, I talk to El Gibbs and Paddy Manning about the Victorian election, with a particular focus on inner-city Greens contests. This was...