It's hard to overstate the disaster that has overtaken the Liberal Party in its heartland. It may recover, but it will never be the same again.
Category: Australia
The minor league steps up
Labor in Australia is on track for a parliamentary majority with less than a third of the vote. Voters have said clearly that they are unhappy with what the major parties are offering.
Why does it all matter?
There's a mood for change in Australia, but it's not yet certain that it's different elements will mesh together well enough to unseat the Morrison government.
Election preview: Australia
Australia's right-wing government is seeking re-election, and hoping that it can out-perform the opinion polls as it did last time.
Ukraine does well at the polls
The war in Ukraine has led to a wave of strategic rethinking in Europe, with ripple effects in a German state election at the weekend.
An incumbent falls at last
South Australia's government loses badly despite an apparently successful record in combating Covid-19. Are voters ready to move on to other things?
February election roundup
Your monthly update of electoral news around the world: features Costa Rica, Australia, Spain and Switzerland.
Seventy years on
Seventy years of an unusually successful monarch is worth celebrating. But it's also important to note how unusual it is.
From the archives: the republic referendum
While we're still thinking about an Australian republic, here's a flashback to how the issue looked 22 years ago, in the aftermath of the referendum defeat.
Debating the republic, again
Australia's republican movement makes a bid for relevance with a new "model" for how a republic would work. It has some problems.
The World is Not Enough 