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...
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...
Podcast #4 – by-election results with William Bowe
Today's episode is a slightly shorter interview with the Poll Bludger, William Bowe, where we run through the results of the by-elections and what...
Victoria 2018 – minor party votes mapped
This is my last post for 2018, one final set of Victorian election maps. I'll be back in the new year with more coverage...
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...
Federal 2019 – the race in Western Australia
Western Australia has sixteen seats in the House of Representatives, and these seats strongly favour the Liberal Party. Labor holds five seats, while the...
One Nation’s big vote in the Hunter
One of the big surprises in the recent federal election was the performance of One Nation in the NSW electorate of Hunter. This seat...
No names above the line hurt independents
The Senate race in the Australian Capital Territory often promises to get interesting, but never really does. The quota for election in the ACT...
Queensland elections – record numbers of early votes
We are now just three days away from the Queensland council elections (along with two state by-elections), and there is more and more evidence...