NSW councils – end of post-count

As of this morning, we have almost reached the end of the NSW council election count. It appears that all election day and pre-poll...

NSW councils – post-count

This blog post will be used to track the close counts for the 26 big partisan councils. I'm going to be busy this week...

Podcast #130: NSW council election results

Ben is joined by Leo Puglisi from 6 News to analyse the results of the NSW local government elections. This podcast is supported by the Tally...

NSW councils – call of the board

This blog post includes a summary of the state of the race for the 27 councils with a population of 95,000 or more. The...

NSW council elections results live

12:20 - Okay I'm going to stop here, and do another call of the board in the morning. Central Coast - 12:19 - It looks...

NSW local elections – election day open thread

Polls have opened for election day for the NSW local government elections. I won't be posting any analysis until after polls close at 6pm,...

NSW federal redistribution wraps up, North Sydney abolished

The Australian Electoral Commission today announced the final decisions on boundaries for the NSW federal redistribution. As with the Victorian and Western Australian announcements...

The role of below-the-line voting in NSW council results

Last week I wrote an analysis piece about the different shape of ballot papers in different parts of New South Wales - the urban...

In defence of more councillors

If a council in New South Wales wants to change the number of councillors who sit on that council, they need to hold a...

Where are small or local parties running for council in NSW?

Most candidates running in the NSW council elections are independents, or belong to the three big urban parties. Over 58% of candidates running for the...