Parties registered for 2013: the record is broken

I've previously posted about the surge in political party registration applications, that was threatening to break the record for the largest number of political...

A very different close election

I haven’t been following the polls individually as they come out, and I don’t plan to do so for most of the upcoming campaign....

What’s happening in your seat?

Now that the 150-seat election guide is complete and public, I've been noticing the level of activity on the blog increasing massively - regularly...

NSW and Victorian redistribution updates

Last Thursday, the Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission released the draft boundaries for the Victorian state redistribution. These boundaries are expected to cover the 2014...

Labour retains Ikaroa-Rāwhiti in NZ by-election

Voters in the New Zealand electorate of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti went to the polls yesterday to elect an MP after the death of Labour MP Parekura Horomia. Labour...

Post-spill candidate update

The candidate list posted on Wednesday morning quickly went out of date, with Julia Gillard and three of her ministers announcing their retirement despite...

Labor leadership spill tonight at 7pm

Julia Gillard has called a caucus meeting at 7pm for a leadership spill, and has said that if she loses she will leave politics. I...

Candidate update: 550 candidates posted

After independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott announced they would not be contesting their seats earlier today, we now have answers from all...

By-election this Saturday in Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

Voters in the New Zealand electorate of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti go to the polls this Saturday to elect their local MP after the death of Labour's Parekura...

NSW redistribution boundaries – the next day

A substantial amount of analysis was produced yesterday about the draft boundaries for the NSW redistribution. You can look at the maps here. Antony Green has...