NSW redistribution – what could happen?
Every three years, approximately one year after the federal election, Australia’s population is assessed, and each state and territory is given a set number of seats to be filled in the next...
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In 2015, New South Wales and Western Australia will both undergo redistributions to redraw federal electoral boundaries due to New South Wales losing its 48th seat and Western Australia gaining its...
View ArticleWA federal redistribution – draft boundaries announced
The Australian Electoral Commission yesterday announced their draft boundaries for the federal redistribution of Western Australia. WA had gained a sixteenth electorate, and the proposal recommends the...
View ArticleWA federal redistribution – download the map
The draft proposed boundaries for the Western Australian federal redistribution were released last Friday. Western Australia gained a sixteenth electorate, and this new electorate has been drawn in the...
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ACT redistribution –‘Fraser’ renamed ‘Fenner’, loses southern edge
The Australian Electoral Commission yesterday released draft electoral boundaries for the ACT’s two federal electorates. At the moment, the ACT is covered by two seats: Canberra and Fraser. The...
View ArticleNSW redistribution – map complete
I’ve now completed the Google Earth map of the draft federal electoral boundaries for New South Wales. Download the map here. I’ve also produced a fusion table combining the map with the notional...
View ArticleACT redistribution finalised
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...
View ArticleNSW and WA redistributions – updated maps
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...
View ArticleSenate voting reform looks set to go ahead
According to a report in this morning’s Guardian, the Coalition, the Greens and Nick Xenophon appear close to an agreement on Senate voting reform. There’s also an accompanying media release from Lee...
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Refuting self-interested garbage in the SMH
In yesterday’s Herald, Heath Aston ran an ‘exclusive‘ publishing supposed modelling from a couple of so-called “veteran players in minor party preference negotiations” claiming that Senate GVT reform...
View ArticleFederal electorate map of NSW finalised
The AEC has released the final maps for the NSW federal redistribution today, after the decisions were first announced in January. I had made a Google Earth map of my best estimates of the electoral...
View ArticleNew Guardian blog, and guide update
Things have been quiet here for the last few weeks but a lot of things are still happening. I’ve started a regular column writing for the Guardian Australia. You can read my first two columns at these...
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Three key marginals, and their interesting maps
At the time of writing, I’ve finished the first 21 out of 150 seat profiles – covering marginal Coalition seats on margins of 4.4% or less. This work continues behind the scenes but isn’t often seen...
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Registered party logos are a thing now!
I have a blog post in the Guardian today about the flood of party logos being registered by political parties since the Senate reform legislation was passed in March. At the upcoming election, all...
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Seat of the day #1: Kingsford Smith
Over the next 54 days I’ll be featuring one seat every day. I’ll be covering all Liberal seats on margins of less than 6%, plus Labor seats on margins of less than 3%, and all of those seats either...
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Seat #2: Perth
Perth is a marginal Labor seat covering the Perth city centre and the suburbs of Maylands, Mount Lawley, Bayswater, Ashfield, Bedford, Morley and Mount Hawthorn. Alannah MacTiernan, a former prominent...
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Seat #3: Bruce
Bruce is a marginal Labor seat in south-eastern Melbourne, covering Dandenong, Noble Park, Mulgrave, Wheelers Hill, Glen Waverley and Notting Hill. Labor’s retiring MP Alan Griffin holds Bruce by a...
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Seat #4: Richmond
Richmond is a marginal Labor seat in northern New South Wales, covering Tweed Heads, Byron Bay, Ballina and surrounding areas in the north-eastern corner of the state. Labor’s Justine Elliot has held...
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Seat #5: Moreton
Moreton is a marginal Labor seat in southern Brisbane, covering Sunnybank, Runcorn, Eight Mile Plains, Acacia Ridge, Coopers Plains, Rocklea, Salisbury, Moorooka, Oxley, Corinda, Graceville and...
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Seat #6: Chisholm
Chisholm is a marginal Labor seat in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, covering Burwood, Burwood East, Oakleigh, Chadstone, Mount Waverley, Box Hill and Mont Albert. Former speaker Anna Burke has held...
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