Tasmanian upper house 2009

Three of Tasmania's fifteen Legislative Council electorate go to the polls on Saturday. Tasmania's Legislative Council members serve six year terms, with their terms...

South Africa votes

South Africa's voters are now going to the polls in their fourth post-apartheid election. I've previously blogged about the campaign, and will just post...

Moyes goes it alone

Every left-winger's favourite religious right politician, Gordon Moyes MLC, looks set to finally break his ties with Fred Nile's Christian Democratic Party, with Nile...

Zuma headed for landslide

South Africa heads to the polls on Wednesday for their fourth post-apartheid election, and it seems clear that Jacob Zuma will lead the African...

An alcopops-fueled election?

The federal government announced earlier this week that they will bring back legislation for a 70% tax increase on pre-mixed alcoholic drinks. The legislation...

The new wiki

I have now installed a complete wiki as part of the Tally Room. You can access it at www.tallyroom.com.au/wiki, and I plan to start...

Greens kick off Senate preselection

In the last few days, the Greens in Australia's two largest states have closed nominations for their Senate preselections. In both NSW and Victoria,...

Website update

I haven't yet managed to install the proper Wiki for this site. I started it over the long weekend but hopefully I can get...

Should we have more federal MPs?

While it's not the biggest electoral reform issue on the table (I would consider introducing proportional representation to the House of Representatives much more...

New electoral maps – Ireland

There is no election scheduled in the Republic of Ireland for the next three years, but there is a good chance that the economic...