Victorian committee launches inquiry into upper house structure
The Electoral Matters Committee of the Victorian parliament has launched an inquiry into the structure of the Legislative Council.
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Podcast #135: LNP takes power in Queensland
Ben is joined by Alexis Pink from ZZZ to discuss the LNP coming to power in Queensland. We discuss the divide between north and south, the performances of the minor parties and how this new LNP government might differ from the last LNP government.
Queensland 2024 – the next morning
Last night’s election result was nothing like the wipe-out expected when the LNP was on 55-56% of the two-party-preferred vote back in September, but it’s still reasonably clear. Overall the scale of the defeat looks similar to Labor’s victory in 52 seats in 2020. Under Queensland’s unicameral system, that’s enough to govern comfortably.
Queensland election night live
6:56 – The Labor swing in Bundaberg has calmed down a bit but Labor is still winning there. I haven’t seen any other seats bucking the trend – generally there are respectable swings to the LNP all over the place.
6:54 – A bit more data in Thuringowa also has KAP in a respectable third there.
Victorian councils – box opening day
Voting closed last night for the Victorian local government elections. Ballot boxes will be opened today and votes will start to be counted.
I believe the deadline for declaring results is November 15, and we may not get any official figures before the declaration. I suspect there will be scrutineer reports and news stories, and you can discuss them here.
I won’t be doing any analysis prior to November 15, when we have proper data.
ACT 2024 – how preferences decided the final seats
I have been watching the last week of counting in the ACT election, which eventually made it clear that the Greens’ Laura Nuttall would retain the final seat in Brindabella, despite her own party conceding defeat on election night, and that Liberal MP Ed Cocks would narrowly hold on against another Liberal in Murrumbidgee. I haven’t been able to actively post in part because I’m away on a family holiday.
Podcast #134: ACT election wrap-up
Ben is joined by ACT historian Chris Monnox and Tasmanian psephologist Kevin Bonham to dig into the results of last weekend’s ACT election, looking at the narrative, the likely shape of the new government and the close races not yet called.
Victorian council election guides finalised
I’m pleased to report that, in the final week of voting for the Victorian council elections, I’ve now finished my guide to the 33 most populous Victorian councils, as originally planned.
ACT and NSW by-elections live
6:00 – Polls have just closed for the Australian Capital Territory’s Assembly election, and for three state by-elections for the New South Wales seats of Epping, Hornsby and Pittwater.
A Labor-Greens coalition government will be attempting to retain its majority after 23 years of Labor rule and 16 years of the Greens in the balance of power.