Podcast #18 – Rural seats and election funding in NSW
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Ben was joined by Macquarie University's Ben Spies-Butcher and the Guardian's Gabrielle Chan to discuss the rural contest in the NSW state election and the impact of the recent High Court decision on election funding laws.
We discussed Gabi's new book Rusted Off.
Thanks to 2SER radio...
Candidate list update – NSW and federal
We're now less than five weeks away from the NSW state election, and I have just finished updating the candidate lists for my NSW state election guide, as well as updating the equivalent lists on my federal election guide.
As usual I have shared these...
ACT redistribution – submissions open
The redistribution of ACT Legislative Assembly boundaries for the 2020 election has now commenced, with submissions opening last Monday and open until Monday 4 March.
The electoral map was radically drawn prior to the 2016 election, with the Assembly expanding from 17 to 25 seats,...
Podcast #17 – Independents and NSW election
Ben is joined by ABC election analyst Antony Green and the ANU's Jill Sheppard in the first episode of 2019 to discuss the New South Wales state election - in particular the rule of optional preferential voting and the increasing popularity of pre-poll voting...
Two by-elections in South Australia
There will be two by-elections for the safe Labor seats of Cheltenham and Enfield on February 9.
I have prepared guides for both of these seats which are now open for your comments.
I don't expect any surprise result in either seat. The Liberal Party is...
NSW election – final seat guide and candidate list
The state election in New South Wales is just over two months away, and my complete guide to the election is now published here.
The guide includes profiles of all 93 seats, as well as a guide to the Legislative Council election.
I can now also...
Oakeshott is back in Cowper
Former independent MP Rob Oakeshott announced yesterday that he will be running for the federal seat of Cowper at this year's election.
In this post I will run through some of the dynamics of that electorate which will be critical to that contest.
I'll be using...
Can McGowan hand over Indi?
It was reported yesterday that independent MP Cathy McGowan will retire from her seat of Indi at this year's federal election.
She will be hoping to be succeeded by rural health researcher Helen Haines, who has been endorsed by Voices for Indi, the community group...
Victoria 2018 – minor party votes mapped
This is my last post for 2018, one final set of Victorian election maps. I'll be back in the new year with more coverage of the New South Wales and federal elections.
Today I'm looking at the distribution of the vote for two of the...
Victoria 2018 – mapping the below the line vote
There was a concerted effort before the recent Victorian state election from psephologists and other commentators to encourage voters to vote below-the-line.
I posted on the day after the election about the early figures, including the breakdown of below-the-line rates for each party. I won't...