10 days to go: Senate poll strong for Greens

Roy Morgan has released their first polling of the Senate race, showing a very strong vote for the Greens. The poll shows the ALP on...

12 days to go: former leader edition

Following a few days of campaign cameos by John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Mark Latham, Malcolm Fraser and John Hewson, two new polls today both...

Day 19: Below the line voting insurance

Since the Group Voting Tickets were announced on Sunday, there has been wide-ranging discussions about how people can vote below the line. There has...

Day 17: Group voting tickets released

The AEC yesterday released the preference orders determined by political parties running in the Senate, which will be used to distribute above-the-line preferences, and...

Day 15: Candidates announced

The declaration of nominations took place at midday yesterday at local electoral offices all over Australia. It took most of the day before lists...

Day 14: Nominations declared

Apologies for the absence over the last week. I'm busily working on the election campaign for the Greens NSW and, as you'd expect, things...

Day 8: Nielsen, marginal seats polls

From the Nielsen poll in today's Fairfax papers, Labor's two-party preferred vote is up two to 54%. On primary votes, Labor is up three...

Day 6: Election leaflet website launched

The Australian version of the 'Straight Choice' franchise was launched yesterday, at electionleaflets.org.au. Somehow they have already got a flow of leaflets appearing on...

Day 5: Filter Conroy?

The debate over the internet filter has demonstrated that an expertise in technology and social media doesn't necessarily translate into political smarts. Stilgherrian ripped apart...

Day 4: Essential, Labor-Greens preferences

Yesterday, Essential followed Newspoll and Galaxy, with a poll showing the ALP with 55% of the two-party preferred vote. The ALP is steady on...