While the parliaments of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and both territories do have scheduled election dates, our federal parliament does not, writes psephologist Malcolm Mackerras.
Articles by Malcolm MacKerras 
MacKerras: forget byelections … we’re off to polls in October 2013
The current Parliament will run its full three-year term.
MacKerras: the conservative case for electoral reform across the Anglosphere
The Conservative Party got the better of the Liberal-Democrats in the negotiations for coalition government. And a new electoral reform agenda will likely go their way, too.
MacKerras: plan to vote next on October 19, 2013
I feel emboldened now to name Saturday, October 19, 2013 as the date for our 44th general election for the House of Representatives.
MacKerras: winter, winner … a trifecta for Labor’s cold snap election
If Gillard gets the sort of win I am now predicting for her, then there will be a new Mackerras law of electoral history, says Malcolm MacKerras.
MacKerras: still a bias, albeit reduced, in UK election system
Finally, the British people are to get a referendum for what they call “the alternative vote”.
MacKerras: time to scrap a tired voting system for NZ election
Malcolm MacKerras is trying to persuade the people of New Zealand to scrap their MMP voting system and replace it with a better one.
Kiwis voting system to go to referendum
Malcolm MacKerras has been trying to persuade New Zealand’s politicians to replace their Mixed Member Proportional electoral system with a better one.
Bradfield will be a test for the Liberals, mark my words
Byelections can no longer be guaranteed to record good results for Opposition parties. So how will the Bradfield byelection play out? If the Liberal share is less than 58%, it’ll be bad news for Malcolm Turnbull.
BC-STV vs MMP: a psephological case study
The old British dominions of Australia, New Zealand and Canada make for an interesting psephological compare/contrast exercise, writes Malcolm Mackerras.
