The re-election of a Labor Government at the 2014 South Australian state election came as a surprise to many. This paper provides an overview of the election campaigns and the results. Executive summary The re-election of a Labor Government at the 2014 South Australian (SA) state election came as a surprise to many. Opinion polls...

What explains Victoria’s stubborn tendency to vote Labor in state and federal elections? The prolific psephologist Peter Brent recently asked why, in electoral terms, Victoria is different from the other states. He cited Labor’s dominance of the state’s two-party-preferred vote in every federal election since 1990 – even in the comprehensive defeat of 2013 –...

Executive summary This paper provides details of House of Representatives by-elections held from that for Darling Downs on 14 September 1901 to the most recent held on 8 February 2014 for Griffith: there have been 147 by-elections, an average of 3.3 per parliament the number of nominations has grown over the years from 2.2 per...

Paralysed leader or bad advice? A new account of the Rudd–Gillard government looks at what it says about the party’s future Troy Bramston’s readable quickie sets out to advise the leadership of the Labor Party on how to avoid the disasters that befell the Rudd and Gillard governments. He summarises the policies of these governments...

There are expected to be four redistributions occurring prior to the expiration of the 44th Parliament. This paper outlines the reasons why. Key points: The periodic redrawing of electoral boundaries is required by law to maintain electoral divisions of roughly equal enrolment size within a state or territory. Redrawing of boundaries is known as a...