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...

South Australian state redistribution – draft map published

The Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission of South Australia (EDBC) this morning released their draft electoral map for the 2022 South Australian election. The map is...

Podcast #45: ACT and NZ election results

Ben was joined by Jill Sheppard from the ANU to talk about the ACT election results, and to briefly touch on the New Zealand...

WA 2021 – the state of the upper house (part two)

As a follow-up to yesterday's post, I've gone through the last two regions. Labor has won four seats in South Metropolitan (along with one Liberal)...

Victorian state redistribution – margin estimates

I will firstly acknowledge that I am very late in publishing these figures. I've just finished moving house during the first two weeks of...

Podcast #59: Ryde council election

Ben is joined by local Ryde resident Rose Torossian to discuss the Ryde council election, with a detour into discussion of the merits of...

Number of women on NSW councils shoots up

The 2021 NSW council elections produced a step change in the number of women elected to local councils. The numbers not only went up,...

Podcast #68: Polling and the federal election

Ben is joined by Peter Lewis from the Essential Poll to talk about the current state of polling in the lead up to the...