Cunliffe wins NZ Labour leadership off large membership vote

As the Australian Labor Party prepares to be the first political party in Australia to allow its membership to directly elect its leader, the...

Seat in focus: Indi

Indi has been the seat that has been the most interesting seat during the first week of counting. Cathy McGowan has led for most...

Seat in focus: Parramatta

Parramatta in Western Sydney currently is sitting as the second-most-marginal seat in the country. Labor MP Julie Owens is leading by 482 votes: a...

Friday night counting update

As it stands, there are still a bunch of seats left outstanding. Seven seats are on margins of less than 50.6%, and I'll run through...

ALP and NZ Labour experiment with leadership in parallel

On Thursday, we saw former Labor Senate leader Stephen Conroy come out attacking the new Labor leadership rules pushed through by Kevin Rudd during...

Seat in focus: McEwen

McEwen was the closest seat at the 2007 election, and this time it's one of the closest again. Currently the Liberal Party's Donna Petrovich...

Seat in Focus: Capricornia

Behind yesterday's profile seat of Barton, Capricornia is the second-closest seat in the country, with the ALP's Peter Freeleagus currently leading by 156 votes. Capricornia...

Tuesday counting update

Another short update on today's counting in tight races. Barton - the addition of more ordinary votes has narrowed the Labor lead from 68 to...

Seat in focus: Barton

As of the time of writing (on Monday night), Barton is the second-closest seat in the country, with Labor leading by 68 votes with...

Monday counting update

After very little to no counting taking place on Sunday, counts progressed yesterday in a number of key seats. This is a short update...