How do we elect our leaders? Part two
Yesterday I laid out how leaders are elected in Canada and the UK, where party members play a central role in deciding leaders, as...
How do we elect our leaders? Part one
After the events of the last few weeks further demonstrated the inability of Stephane Dion to remain as leader of the Liberal Party of...
The Daily Show does Canada
It's been a while since I've posted Daily Show clips, so I thought I'd put up Monday night's Daily Show coverage of the Canadian...
US Congress update
Over the last few days most of the remaining undecided seats have been decided. In CA-04 the Republican has held on, while the Democrat...
Quebec election: Liberals regain majority
I don't know enough about Canadian politics to do in-depth coverage of provincial elections, but I thought I'd do a wrap-up of yesterday's provincial...
Sky News launches A-SPAN
Sky News, Foxtel and Austar announced today that they will be launching a new network, A-SPAN, modelled on the US C-SPAN, which broadcasts live,...
Italy’s overseas seats
ABC Radio...
Federal redistribution update
The AEC is currently in the process of concluding the current federal redistribution for Tasmania and Western Australia, who have maintained their numbers of...
Westminster falls apart in Canada
Following Governor-General Michaëlle Jean's decision yesterday to prorogue the Canadian Parliament until January 26, Canada's parliamentary democracy is effectively suspended, and the decision has...
Victorian Council wrap-up
All of the results have now been entered for the Victorian council elections. The Greens have won 19 seats. Greens seats were retained in...