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In ACT elections, it's not just the total vote for your party that matters. It's also how that vote is distributed between your candidates, particularly if you are one of the major parties. Kevin Bonham coined the term "Ginninderra effect" to refer to what happened...

Federal MP John McVeigh announced his retirement two weeks ago, triggering a by-election for his seat of Groom. The electorate of Groom covers the city of Toowoomba in southern Queensland, as well as nearby rural areas to the west of the city. I've just finished my...

Voting opened today for the ACT election, with election day to be held on October 17. Elections ACT is seriously embracing early voting this year, strongly encouraging voters to cast an early vote to assist with social distancing. (Check out my guide to the ACT election.) This...

Voting starts on Monday in the Australian Capital Territory election, with election day to be held on October 17. Voters will be electing twenty-five members of the Legislative Assembly across five electorates using the Hare-Clark proportional voting system. You can now read the guide to this...

I haven't seriously attempted to wrap my head around who is running in the Victorian council elections, which councils are dominated by one faction or the other, and which seats are in play.This is primarily because the VEC does not publish party affiliations for...

In yesterday's post I looked at which Victorian councils were effected by the changes to the ward redistribution process earlier this year. In this post I'm going to look at how the wards changed in the fourteen councils which experienced a change. Fourteen councils have...

Nominations closed yesterday for Victoria's local government elections. Ballot papers will be sent out by mail in early October, with the votes being counted from October 24. I'm not across the complexity of who is running so I won't try and be across the candidates,...

Ben is joined by the University of Queensland's Chris Salisbury and Glenn Kefford to preview next month's Queensland election. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support. You can subscribe to this...

I launched my guide for the Queensland state election on Tuesday, and as part of that guide I have been compiling a list of candidates running in the election. Over three hundred candidates have been identified so far, although the list shrunk slightly this week...