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.

Last weekend's Dunkley by-election has thrown up some myths that are badly in need of deflating.

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's premier follows the same script as his predecessor and calls an early election.

Australian political journalism loses one of its stalwarts in Tim Colebatch.

The European Union is looking for a new head of state, exposing some of the strangeness of its constitutional arrangements.

Four years after its near-unanimous referendum, Bougainville is still waiting for its independence.

Recommending a paper on the changing effect of Australia's electoral system with the rise of independents and third parties.

The federal government, via a parliamentary committee, suggests increased Senate representation for the territories. Here's why that's a bad idea.