Guide to the Tasmanian election posted

I have now posted a guide to the Tasmanian state election, which will be held on March 20, 2010. This includes profiles of Tasmania's...

Turnbull replacing Abbott – why is this happening?

With Malcolm Turnbull replacing Tony Abbott as Liberal leader and Prime Minister, we have now had three parliamentary terms in a row where the...

Tasmanian council results

Local government election results have now been posted on the website of the Tasmanian Electoral Commission, showing primary vote figures from election night. I...

Podcast #6 – Liberal leadership spill and Lindsay

I was joined on Wednesday evening by Stewart Jackson and El Gibbs to discuss the Liberal leadership spill and the seat of Lindsay. Our discussion...

Oakeshott is back in Cowper

Former independent MP Rob Oakeshott announced yesterday that he will be running for the federal seat of Cowper at this year's election. In this post...

NSW 2019 – election day

Polls have just opened across New South Wales. This post is just a placeholder and open thread to post comments during the day. I...

Can you get elected from below the line?

2016 was a good year for candidates overcoming their party's Senate ballot order. We saw Tasmanian Labor senator Lisa Singh win re-election as one...

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...

QLD council elections 2020 – ward redistributions

I've posted a few times recently about the Brisbane City Council ward redistribution, but it's not the only Queensland council redrawing its electoral boundaries. A...

QLD council elections – early voting through the roof

Early voting commenced at the beginning of this week, and after three days it looks like numbers are very high in the shadow of...