Day 3: Galaxy and Newspoll diverge

We've had two polls come out in the last few hours showing remarkably divergent results. Galaxy has brought out their second poll of the weekend....

Election called for August 21

News reports are unanimous in reporting that Prime Minister Julia Gillard is on the way to Canberra to meet with the Governor-General and ask...

Deeply off the record…

Many commentators have reacted with great surprise to how long it took the Liberal Party to preselect candidates for the Western Sydney marginal seats...

Maps of federal MPs by gender

A year ago I made a map where I colour-coded seats in the NSW parliament according to gender. With the rise of our first...

Galaxy/Nielsen: 52-48 to Labor, Greens on 14/13

I don't usually post about the regular polls that we will see more of over the next few weeks as we plunge into the...

Seat profile #136: Murray

Murray is a safe Liberal seat in northern Victoria. It covers Victorian towns on the southern side of the Murray river, including Shepparton and...

Finishing the guide to the federal election

Yesterday I finished the final seat in the guide to the federal election. I have now posted all 150, which you can access in...

What will Julia do?

From media reports, it appears that Julia Gillard is set to be comfortably elected as Labor leader and Prime Minister tomorrow morning. The question...

Penrith by-election maps

I've now created a few booth maps showing the primary vote results for the Greens and the two-party preferred figures for the Liberals (who...

Penrith: first impressions

I thought I'd jot down some thoughts on the results in today's by-elections, primarily in Penrith and to a lesser extent in Hawkesbury. Make no...