Australia's federal election finally wraps up. Meanwhile, Canada has also been doing recounts.
Category: Australia
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.
Some more Australian numbers
More counting, more Australian results.
Holiday update
Counting in Australia continues, and blogging is taking a holiday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Is this the Green ceiling?
It wasn't just the Coalition that had a bad election. The Greens lost ground as well, but with them there is more scope for debate about how bad it was and what went wrong.
Life gets even worse for the Liberals
In a shocking night on Saturday for the Coalition, it was the Liberals who did worst. Their National Party colleagues performed fairly well, and that won't help the overall task of recovery.
The World is Not Enough 