The Tally Room

Lake Macquarie is by far the biggest non-Sydney council facing election this month. The council covers suburbs on three sides of the lake, on the southern edge of the Newcastle metropolitan area. The area leans strongly towards Labor at state and federal elections, but in...

Fairfield council is probably the most interesting council to face the voters this month. The council is currently controlled by a narrow Labor majority, but both major parties have split, with significant independent forces running in the election. Labor's Frank Carbone became mayor in 2012,...

Sutherland Shire is one of the most populous councils in Sydney, covering a large area in southern Sydney, bumping up against the Georges River, Botany Bay and the northern edge of Wollongong. At a federal and state level, Sutherland leans towards the Liberal Party, with...

Blacktown City Council is the most populous NSW council to have an election this September. It was the largest council in NSW until the recent round of amalgamations, when Canterbury-Bankstown overtook Blacktown. Blacktown is traditional Labor territory, but the last election produced a split...

Council elections will be held in parts of New South Wales two weeks from now, on September 10. Voters will be able to start voting pre-poll as of today. Not everyone in NSW gets to vote today. Any council which has either been amalgamated in...

9:32pm: The fourth booth has reported from Blain and Terry Mills has moved into second place. We don't have a preference count between Labor and Mills, but he would need to pick up a lead of about 9% off the back of 27% of...

Voters are now at the polls in the Northern Territory to elect a new Legislative Assembly after four tumultuous years of Country Liberal Party rule. The limited polls we've seen suggest Labor will sweep back into power. I'll be doing a liveblog tonight. In the...