Lyndhurst by-election guide posted

A by-election will be held in the safe Labor seat of Lyndhurst on 27 April. The seat should be easily retained by Labor, and...

WA 2013 – another counting update

The WA Electoral Commission "pushed the button" today for five of the six Legislative Council regions. The Greens were elected in South Metro and Mining...

NSW redistribution: round one

Last week, the first round of suggestions for the NSW state electoral redistribution were released. From here, there will be a chance to lodge a...

WA 2013 – counting update

Since I last posted, the race has been decided in the Kimberley and in Belmont. Liberal candidate Glenys Godfrey leads in Belmont by 308 votes,...

Queensland councils set to de-amalgamate

On Saturday, while most attention was focused on Western Australia, voters in four regional Queensland areas voted to overturn controversial council amalgamations forced through...

WA 2013 – the broken upper house

Since 'One Vote One Value' legislation passed shortly after the 2005 election, all lower house electorates have been drawn to have roughly the same...

WA 2013 – Key seats update

I plan on updating this blog post as counting proceeds in key seats over the next few days. Belmont - Liberal by 245 votes Reversal of...

WA 2013 – The Greens and the right-wing minor parties

In my last post, I detailed the ongoing contests for the Legislative Council. In short, the Greens are competing for the last seat in...

WA 2013 – Seats to watch

There are a number of Legislative Assembly seats that are too close to call and deserve further attention. In addition, the race for the...

WA 2013 – Morning after summary

The Liberal Party have won a majority in their own right in the Legislative Assembly, gaining a number of seats, while the Nationals have...