Ben was joined by Shaun Ratcliff from Accent Research to discuss the state of play as the federal election year kicks off. They discuss the state of polling, including the MRP polls conducted by Shaun in conjunction with Redbridge throughout 2024.
Elections are held for Tasmania’s upper house every year, usually in May. I’ve now finished my guide to the three races to be contested this year. Read the guide here.
Two to three seats are contested each year, with all 15 up for election over a six year cycle. So this year’s seats are those contested in 2019.
6:00 – Polls have just closed for the two Victorian state by-elections in Prahran and Werribee. I’ll be following the results here tonight.
We are now just over a month out from the Western Australian state election. The writs will be issued tomorrow, and nominations close next week.
This seemed like the right time to unlock my state election guide for everyone to read. The guide has been an exclusive for members of the Tally Room who sign up via Patreon.
A by-election is incoming for the NSW north coast state seat of Port Macquarie.
This seat had previously been a safe Nationals seat, although it had fallen into independent hands in the 2000s. This changed in 2000, when sitting MP Leslie Williams quit the party over a dispute between the Coalition parties over koala laws, and joined the Liberal Party.
Williams was re-elected as a Liberal in 2023, despite a strong challenge from the local mayor as the Nationals candidate.