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Swings on the pendulum

Another set of interesting figures on last month's Australian election is available, telling us more about the shape of Labor's victory.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 1 Comment 20 June 202527 June 2025

Two governments fall

Dutch and Tasmanian governments are both forced back to the polls, showing some interesting similarities and differences.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Elections, Europe 5 Comments 13 June 2025

Recounts here and there

Australia's federal election finally wraps up. Meanwhile, Canada has also been doing recounts.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, North America (ex-US) 1 Comment 5 June 2025

Shifting right doesn’t stop the fascists

The far right wins an unexpected Senate seat in Australia, exposing again the futility of embracing its policies.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters 3 Comments 2 June 202520 July 2025

Some more Australian numbers

More counting, more Australian results.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 2 Comments 28 May 202518 August 2025

Holiday update

Counting in Australia continues, and blogging is taking a holiday.

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More Liberal woes in the heartland

The Liberal Party's predicament is worse than anything it has had to face before, and its resources for tackling it are meagre.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 3 Comments 20 May 202520 May 2025

The far right & the “Libertarians”

Australia's far right parties failed to make the electoral breakthrough that many expected. The Libertarian Party also does not seem to have done itself any good by joining their company.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 15 May 202528 January 2026

Breakthrough in the Senate

Labor's landslide isn't just in the lower house: Australia's new Senate will be quite different to its predecessors.

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Whither the independents?

Wrapping up the week's election coverage with a look at the fate of the independents, whose triumph was the big story of 2022.

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