The Tally Room

I'm currently working on my guide for the Brisbane City Council election, as well as updating my ward map of Queensland, both for the local government election on March 19. On the same day as that election, Queenslanders will be voting in a constitutional referendum,...

I was requested to update my Irish constituency map for the upcoming general election. I'm not planning any further coverage of the Irish election, which is due at the end of February, but if you're interested you can download the map here.

We are now nearing the end of the federal redistribution process which precedes the next federal election. We had redistributions in New South Wales, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. The AEC has a curious process where they announce the final boundaries but do not...

The NSW government has released its plans for council amalgamations following a lengthy of period of reviews and submissions by local councils. The government is proposing cutting the number of councils in the Sydney region from 43 to 25, as well as merging other councils...

It's a couple of weeks late, but I've now completed my Google Earth boundary map of the new WA state electoral boundaries. Download the map here. You can also download the 2017 map for the Legislative Council. If you want to understand more about the redistribution, you can...

The Liberal Party has retained the seat of North Sydney at Saturday's by-election despite a substantial swing on primary votes. At the time of writing, Liberal candidate Trent Zimmerman is on 47.8% (down 13.3%) with independent Stephen Ruff second on 18.8% and the Greens' Arthur...

8:29pm - The Liberal vote has increased to 47.7% and the Ruff vote has dropped to 18.8%, with about two-thirds of booths reporting. 7:55pm - Just under half the booths have reported, and the Liberal Party's Trent Zimmerman is leading on just under 47% of the...

The Australian Electoral Commission today announced the final boundaries for the ACT at the next federal election. They haven't made any changes to the draft boundaries announced in September. This means that the northern seat of Fraser will be renamed 'Fenner' after virologist Frank Fenner,...

Yet another NSW government deadline looms today for local councils under the threat of amalgamation, and this time it looks likely to result in a number of significant amalgamations in Sydney and other large urban areas. The Baird government has pursued a deliberate strategy to...