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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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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 1 Comment 9 May 202528 May 2025

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.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 6 Comments 8 May 2025

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.

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Back to the 1940s

Labor wins its first federal landslide of modern times, and breaks a rule that has stood for more than a century.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 7 Comments 5 May 202513 September 2025

The Senate, and other final thoughts

Some thoughts on today's half-Senate election and on the Coalition's collaboration with the far right.

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Election preview: Australia

Australia goes to the polls tomorrow, with Labor set to defy more than a century of precedents.

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Romania tries again

Romania's annulled presidential election is being re-run on Sunday. The Trumpist candidate is sure to make the runoff; the question is who his opponent will be.

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Loose ends: Canada & Australia

Canada's election winds up while Australia's draws nearer.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, North America (ex-US) 1 Comment 30 April 2025

Canada, live

Results from the Canadian federal election as they appear.

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Election preview: Canada

Canada's new prime minister Mark Carney looks set for victory in tonight's election. He mostly has Donald Trump to thank for it.

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