SA and TAS 2014: Prediction time

South Australia and Tasmania goes to the polls for their state elections on Saturday. I'll be covering the results from 6:30pm AEDT. This is your opportunity...

SA and Tas nominations finalised

Over the last week, nominations closed for the South Australian and Tasmanian state elections: South Australia on Monday and Tasmania on Thursday. This is a...

The fight for the AEC

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has had a bad couple of months. The September election saw the most complex elections in the history of...

Shutting the door on SA’s upper house

Read more about South Australia's upper house, including candidates, political history and previous election results. South Australia's Legislative Council has one of the smallest quotas...

SA and TAS candidate updates

Nominations close later today for the South Australian state election, with nominations closing for the Tasmanian state election later this week. I've produced lists of...

Redcliffe results wrap

Last night's by-election was a thumping victory for the ALP's Yvette D'Ath. The result was largely in line with expectations, with the Liberal National...

Redcliffe by-election live

Labor wins Redcliffe by-election. Primary vote results as of 9:34pm - 13/13 booths reporting Candidate Party Votes % Swing Projected Andrew Tyrrell Independent 177 0.74 +0.74 0.74 Sally Vincent Family First 586 2.46 -2.07 2.34 Len Thomas Independent 2,513 10.57 +10.57 10.57 John Marshall Greens 950 3.99 -2.73 3.89 Gabriel Buckley Independent 230 0.97 +0.97 0.97 Yvette D'Ath Labor 10,375 43.63 +12.87 43.98 Talosaga McMahonl Independent 317 1.33 +1.33 1.33 Liz Woollard Independent 279 1.17 +1.17 1.17 Kerri-Anne Dooley Liberal National 8,353 35.13 -14.11 35.15 Total...

WA Senate: Court on the verge of calling new election

High Court Justice Kenneth Hayne, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, brought out the first part of his judgement in the case of...

Redcliffe nominations close: eight candidates running

Nominations closed yesterday for the state by-election in the Queensland seat of Redcliffe, scheduled for 22 February. Eight candidates have nominated. The major party candidates...

Griffith by-election – election night results wrap

At the end of election night we have some prepoll votes and all of the regular election-day booths. We're still waiting on postal votes,...