Tasmania's Labor Party has refused to try to form government after Saturday's election, despite being better placed. The need to come to terms with coalition politics is getting more pressing.
Category: Australia
Election preview: Tasmania
Tasmania looks set for a fractured parliament and a minority government, but the voters could still have some surprises up their sleeves.
Little change in Brisbane
Voters for Brisbane city council decide to mostly stick with the status quo, but the omens aren't good for Labor at this year's state election.
Chasing the Dunkley myth
Last weekend's Dunkley by-election has thrown up some myths that are badly in need of deflating.
By-election preview: Dunkley
Voters in the Frankston area go to the polls tomorrow in a by-election that has had plenty of attention from the Australian media.
Tasmania repeats
Tasmania's premier follows the same script as his predecessor and calls an early election.
Death of a journalist
Australian political journalism loses one of its stalwarts in Tim Colebatch.
EU loses a president
The European Union is looking for a new head of state, exposing some of the strangeness of its constitutional arrangements.
Bougainville still waiting
Four years after its near-unanimous referendum, Bougainville is still waiting for its independence.
The changing role of preferences
Recommending a paper on the changing effect of Australia's electoral system with the rise of independents and third parties.
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