NT 2020 – nominations close
Nominations closed yesterday for the upcoming Northern Territory election. 111 candidates have nominated, with three parties running in most seats. I've put together a dataset with all the candidates, and some analysis on who is running, and where.
The incumbent Labor Party is running candidates...
Podcast #38: Tasmanian upper house preview
Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham to talk about next weekend's elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council.
Apologies for lower quality audio on Ben's part - but it should still be perfectly clear.
Tally Room guide to the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Kevin's guides to Huon...
NSW redistribution – parsing the major party submissions
The NSW redistribution has passed through its first stage, with the publication of suggestions about how the new electoral map should be drawn. Suggestions closed on July 1, but it's taken me some time to be able to properly process them.
The major parties (Labor,...
Coming up next: Tasmanian upper house elections
The next election in Australia will be taking place two weeks from tomorrow. It is the most peculiar of Australia's regular elections: the Tasmanian upper house election.
Tasmania's upper house consists of fifteen members, each representing a separate electorate. It's the only upper house elected...
Northern Territory election guide complete
The Northern Territory general election is due next month, on August 22nd.
The first-term Gunner Labor government will be seeking a second term, while their opposition is split between the Country Liberal Party and the new Territory Alliance.
The guide features profiles of all 25 electorates....
Eden-Monaro – where the south-east was won
It took all night, but early this morning it became clear that Labor had won the Eden-Monaro by-election, when the last of the pre-poll booths reported their results, and a first batch of postal votes were far better for Labor than postal votes usually...
Eden-Monaro by-election – results live
12:22am - A rush of pre-poll votes has just been added to the system. Labor suffered a 4.1% swing at Jerrabomberra and a 3% swing at Queanbeyan, but actually increased their vote by 0.4% at Queanbeyan City. Labor also won majorities at the three...