My Queensland prediction: part one

I'm now in Brisbane, and to kill time on the plane up I took a map of Queensland and flipped the seats I thought...

Updated election maps

In spite of appearances on the blog, I'm not actually dead. I've rather been busy working on more advances for my maps for Queensland...

Lowering the voting age?

Former punk rocker and Big Brother pest Aidan McLindon, who is currently the LNP's candidate for Beaudesert, has called for the voting age to...

Queensland Votes: day eighteen

The Greens have announced a preference deal with the Labor Party. The Greens will receive preferences in Indooroopilly for former Labor MP Ronan Lee,...

Seat in Focus: Burdekin

Burdekin is a North Queensland coastal electorate, lying on the coast starting north of the Whitsundays and following the coast to the southern edge...

Ireland: economic crisis, early election?

If this is your first foray into Irish politics, you might want to start by reading this morning's post. Ireland's most successful politician in half...

Ireland: the odd one out

As the economic crisis worsens and speculation of an early election in Ireland increases, it seemed about time to give Australian psephologists a crash-course...

ALP preferences in Indooroopilly

Via Public Polity, the Australian is full of speculation about a possible deal that would see the ALP preference Greens MP (and former Labor...

Seat in Focus: Chatsworth

Chatsworth is the ALP's most marginal seat in Queensland, lying in the outer eastern suburbs of Brisbane. The seat covers most of the centre...

Qld Galaxy poll: 51-49 to LNP

A brief note to say that a new Galaxy poll has come out tonight, giving a 51-49 lead to the Liberal National Party over...