This week marks the end of Nick Xenophon's political party legacy (statewise atleast) as SA-Best has been voluntarily de-registered. As such...

I’m excited to announce I will be doing a live recording of the Tally Room podcast on the Tuesday after the Victorian state election, December 1, in Melbourne. The event will be held at the P…

The Australian Electoral Commission has officially opened the first round of submissions for the federal redistribution of Queensland. The state will maintain thirty electorates, but the current bo…

A piece of legislation passed Victoria’s upper house last night that seems set to abolish the last use of group voting tickets for public office in Australia. Legislation making changes to lo…

6:00pm WA time – Polls have just closed in the by-election for the WA state seat of Secret Harbour. I will be covering results tonight, although I don’t plan on doing much in the next h…

We’re just about three months out from the Victorian election. The list of announced candidates for the election has been growing, and it is quite interesting to look at the field of candidat…

With the redistribution of Queensland’s state electorates now finalised, I have completed my guide to the 2028 Queensland state election. While this election is still some way off, it should …

An in-depth study of New Zealanders with the name Chris.

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.

A NSW library has a book returned rather late, but the policy of fining people for the offence was dropped at some point during the century-and-a-half years since it was borrowed.

It is always a challenge to understand how a given share of the vote for a political party translates into a certain number of seats under the single-member electorate system used in most Australia…

10:24 – The Australian Electoral Commission has just announced the final Tasmanian federal boundaries, although there will be further consultation on a new name. The draft version of this red…

My attention has been drawn to a story from Kiama Council in southern New South Wales, where the council has attempted to avoid filling a vacancy on the council with more than two years left on the co...

Victoria’s upper house is likely to be different after November, as the government moves to abolish “preference-whispering”.

A retirement announcement today has triggered a state by-election which could be the next chapter in the advancement of One Nation in Australia. Labor state minister Paul Papalia today announced hi…

By Jeremy de Sousa, Alessia Vinet & 3 more. Cars pose a far greater threat to other road users than e-micromobility, raising a basic question for traffic safety: which modes should actually be limited...

Western Sydney advocates express concern over budgeting for Metro West after the government signalled it would like to spend $300 million less per station than in the CBD.

It's been a while since I wrote my Patreon newsletter, but we are now in a quiet period for Australian elections and I won't necessarily hav