By Kim on October 25, 2010
In what appears to be a first, The Greens outpolled Labor in a by-election for the Brisbane City Council Ward of Walter Taylor held on Saturday. The by-election was caused by Jane Prentice the previous LNP Councillor’s election to the [...]
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By Mark Bahnisch on June 21, 2010
One indicator for the question that’s occupying many minds about the likely distribution of preferences from The Greens in a situation where their primary vote increases considerably will be the final distribution of preferences in the Penrith by-election. So, watch [...]
Posted in By-elections, Federal Elections, Politics, Polls, State/Territory Elections | Tagged ALP, Australian Greens, Coalition, Federal Election 2010, Labor, Liberal Party, Newspoll, Penrith by-election 2010, Polls, preferences, primary vote, The Greens |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 9, 2009
On Saturday night, I summed up the Higgins and Bradfield by-elections: The final verdict – the whole thing is probably a bit of a side show. The by-election results did, of course, lead to a particularly risible bit of Newspoll [...]
Posted in By-elections, Media, Politics, Polls | Tagged ALP, analysis, Antony Green, Australian Greens, Barnaby Joyce, battlers, Bradfield by-election, Climate change, Coalition, Dennis Shanahan, electoral strategy, Higgins by-election, John Howard, Liberal Party, Newspoll, political sociology, possum, psephology, public opinion, The Greens, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 4, 2009
Tomorrow sees voters in Peter Costello’s old seat of Higgins (and Brendan Nelson’s seat of Bradfield) go to the polls. Labor is not running in either by-election. That seemed like an arguably justifiable decision at the time nominations closed, but [...]
Posted in By-elections, Politics | Tagged ALP, Anthony Albanese, Antony Green, Australian Greens, Bradfield by-election, brendan nelson, Climate change, Clive Hamilton, cprs, ets, Higgins by-election, Hugo Young, kelly o'dwyer, Kevin Rudd, Labor, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, Malcom Turnbull, New Matilda, Peter Costello, Rebekka Power, Rudd government, The Greens, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 26, 2009
Let’s sum up a few things about the CPRS/leadership shenanigans: (a) It’s been intriguing to see the focus of political discussion narrow to the Parliamentary dramatics. Journalists – and one suspects, many Liberal MPs – appear to have completely lost [...]
Posted in By-elections, Climate change, Howardia, Media, Politics, Polls | Tagged By-elections, Climate change, commentariat, cprs, ets, Higgins, Higgins by-election, Industrial Relations, journos, Kevin Andrews, leadership spill, Liberal base, liberal leadership, Liberal right, Malcolm Turnbull, Newspoll, Peter Costello, Ryan, spill, Tony Abbott, Wentworth, WorkChoices, workplace relations |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 29, 2009
My previous post on Clive Hamilton’s selection as The Greens’ candidate in the Higgins by-election has sparked a thread largely devoted to Hamilton’s views and suitability as a candidate, rather than the party’s electoral chances, or indeed, the strategy of [...]
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By Mark Bahnisch on October 26, 2009
The Greens are running Clive Hamilton in Higgins. As Andrew Norton observes, Hamilton criticising seems to be a politically ecumenical practice in the blogosphere. Guy Rundle puts a contrary view. I’m by no means enamoured of some of the ideas [...]
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By Mark Bahnisch on October 8, 2009
ABC election analyst Antony Green has a very interesting and comprehensive post up on the Higgins (and Bradfield) by-elections. Among his observations: Safe Liberal seats in Melbourne have never been as safe as the safest Liberal seats in Sydney. In [...]
Posted in By-elections, Climate change, Melbourne, Politics, Sydney, Victoria | Tagged ALP, Antony Green, Australian Greens, Bradfield by-election, cprs, emissions trading, Higgins, Higgins by-election, Labor, liberal leadership, Liberal Party, The Greens |
By Anna Winter on May 11, 2009
There will be a by-election on 16 May for the seat of Fremantle, traditionally a very safe Labor seat, on the same day as the daylight saving referendum. With no Liberal candidate, it will be a race between Fremantle Mayor [...]
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By Mark Bahnisch on November 26, 2009
Let’s sum up a few things about the CPRS/leadership shenanigans: (a) It’s been intriguing to see the focus of political discussion narrow to the Parliamentary dramatics. Journalists – and one suspects, many Liberal MPs – appear to have completely lost [...]
Posted in By-elections, Climate change, Howardia, Media, Politics, Polls | Tagged By-elections, Climate change, commentariat, cprs, ets, Higgins, Higgins by-election, Industrial Relations, journos, Kevin Andrews, leadership spill, Liberal base, liberal leadership, Liberal right, Malcolm Turnbull, Newspoll, Peter Costello, Ryan, spill, Tony Abbott, Wentworth, WorkChoices, workplace relations | 122 Responses