State of the House

Tony Abbott's Liberal/National Coalition has been elected, but without a sweeping landslide as previously predicted. So far the Coalition has gained eleven seats off the...

State of the Senate: crossbench boom

There is a lot still up in the air in the Senate, but it is the more interesting element of the election at this...

Website loading problems

As I'm sure readers have seen, my blog is not coping with current demand for hits. Until I can solve his problem I have...

Election night liveblog

11:39pmĀ - This is my final update for the night - hopefully tomorrow I'll be back home at the Tally Room. The Senate has become extremely...

Election day open thread

Election day has arrived. Today I'll be spending the day at the polling booth at Sydney Town Hall, one of the biggest booths in...

Election eve predictions thread

I've had much less time than I would have liked to blog during the campaign, and have used my little spare time to update...

Day 26: campaign open thread

While the campaign has been fiercely fought, there hasn't seemed to be much for myself to add in terms of blog posts on the...

Day fourteen: candidates and preferences

The final list of candidates was released on Friday. A record number of candidates are running in both houses of Parliament - in line...

Day eight: latest candidate update

There have been a ridiculous number of changes to the candidate list, so much that I lost track of it last week. I have stopped...

Day four: Beattie back in the ring

This morning brought the news that former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie will be running for the ALP in the marginal LNP seat of Forde,...