This paper provides an analysis of selected socio-economic data from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing for New South Wales state electoral district. Each profile presents Census 2001 data, 1999 NSW State Election results (or by-election results where appropriate) and a corresponding map for each of the 93 state electoral Districts. The political party...

This paper provides an analysis of selected socio-economic data from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing for New South Wales state electoral districts. Data for each characteristic is presented in two tables. The first table ranks each Electoral District, in descending order, on the relative value of the selected data item. The second lists...

Tasmanian voters went to the polls on 20 July 2002, well before an election was due. Dubbed "the cold snap election", it was only the fifth Tasmanian election held in the middle of winter. The Bacon Labor government was comfortably returned, the Liberal Party lost ground and the Tasmanian Greens re-emerged as important parliamentary players...

A pattern is emerging in Western liberal democracies, in which centre-left and social democratic governments are losing power to centre-right governments. This paper outlines the extent of this pattern, and discusses factors that may be contributing to the process, such as a pendulum swing effect and the centre-right's greater success in capitalising on "value politics"...

Against expectations, Mike Rann’s Labor government is functioning smoothly, according to Haydon Manning.