The Tally Room

Now that we're past Wentworth, I wanted to revisit the election guides I have posted for the federal and Victorian state elections. There are a whole bunch of extra candidates on both guides (particularly Victoria), and I have also listed all the candidates in spreadsheets...

A story in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning discussed how Kerryn Phelps would keep up doing both her jobs as a City of Sydney councillor and federal MP if (as expected) she comes out the winner in last weekend's by-election. The article explores some...

Ben talked to Peter Brent in a mini-episode about yesterday's Wentworth by-election. Some links if you want to read more about the by-election: Ben's post about Sharma's recovery on pre-poll and postal votes Ben's article in the Guardian about how Sharma came back from defeat...

9:33 - I'm going to end this liveblog here. We now have primary vote figures from all ordinary booths, and are just missing the 2CP data from Bondi Beach. We will also be waiting for pre-poll and postals to be reported, presumably most of...

Polls have just opened in the federal by-election in the seat of Wentworth in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. I'll be back at 6pm to cover the results, but until then enjoy this open thread. You may like to read my guide to today's by-election.

Apologies for this, I was planning to publish a podcast today about the Wentworth campaign and Victoria but some technical issues mean it won't be happening. I plan to put out a post-by-election podcast this Sunday then we'll be back in two weeks with...

Some of my more committed readers may have noticed that this website was unavailable late on Saturday night. Basically an attempt to install a new mobile theme screwed up the website and it took some time to fix the damage. This prompted me to realise...