Book review – Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage
I just recently finished From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage by Judith Brett, and I thought it was an excellent read and would be of interest to the readers of this blog.
I put together a book review for the website Dictionary of Sydney, which has now...
Federal election called
Scott Morrison visited the Governor-General early this morning, calling the federal election for May 18.
It's unusual to call a federal election on a Thursday. It's more typical for it to be called on a Sunday. There's some good reasons why he's going today, and...
NSW 2019 – lower house swing map and new pendulum
Counting has now concluded for the Legislative Assembly as part of the New South Wales state election - the Legislative Council will be concluded on Friday Monday.
In this post I am featuring a map of the two-candidate-preferred (2CP) vote across New South Wales at the...
NT redistribution – submissions released
While I've been focused on the NSW state election I've missed the start of the Northern Territory's redistribution of the 25 electorates for the local Legislative Assembly. This is the third in a series of three posts analysing the prospects for redistributions, with the...
WA state redistribution – starting numbers
While we're all focused on the federal election and the recent NSW state election, a number of redistributions have been kicked off for Western Australian state elections and the territory Legislative Assemblies in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. I've already analysed...
NSW 2019 – other close seat maps
I've been compiling booth maps of a bunch of the closest races. I have two more to post for Coogee and Upper Hunter. I don't have a lot to say about these maps, but wanted to share them.
Firstly Upper Hunter, a marginal Nationals seat...