South Australia wraps up

South Australia wraps up. Despite all the angst about the preferential system, preferences didn't make a lot of difference.

Moira Deeming goes down

The Victorian Liberal Party divests itself of one far-right MP but fails to address the underlying problem.

France's municipal elections wind up, with not much change and a continued strong showing from the mainstream parties.

The South Australian election confirms that the surge of the far right is real, and the crisis of the Liberal Party is existential.

A quick refresher on the record of third parties in Australian elections.

South Australia votes in an election that could burst the One Nation bubble or could intensify the crisis in the Liberal Party.

Turmoil in Australia's Coalition parties continues, with a leadership change in the National Party as it contemplates how to deal with One Nation.

Publication of the Liberal Party's review of its 2025 federal election loss raises questions about just how deep its problems run.

The Netherlands gets a new government, but media coverage risks giving a misleading impression of its position.

Australia's Liberal Party has a new shadow treasurer. What might it mean to call him a "neoliberal"?