Ever wanted to redraw political boundaries in your own name? An online game allows you to do it, and teaches how gerrymandering can have such a poisonous effect on democracy, says Ben Raue.
Electoral boundaries
How many seats does the Coalition need to to win?
Pollsters like Roy Morgan seem to be getting confused over what’s already a Liberal seat and what’s a marginal seat and how many are needed. Charles Richardson explains the facts.
The 2010 Federal Election Pendulum
With the new NSW electoral boundaries finalised, ABC poll master Antony Green has the new pendulum, predicting five Liberal seats will fall to the ALP.
Poll Bludger: NSW redraw redrawn
William Bowe looks at the redistribution of New South Wales’ federal election boundaries.
graph pr0n Possum: Swings and misses in the new pendulum
Possum Comitatus looks at the new federal election pendulum. While the electoral system still slightly favours the Coalition, even after the redistributions, it would need a swing of 2.3% to win government.
NSW voters: get your form letters ready
The deadline for objections to new NSW electoral boundaries close at 5pm today and the electoral commission is bracing for a last-minute flood of paperwork — or not.
Another federal seat to go from NSW
My proposition is that the NSW south coast seats of Gilmore and Throsby will be merged into a seat bearing the name of Gilmore, writes Malcolm MacKerras.
Bondi, Bronte, Bellevue Hill – and Bass and Braddon
It’s all right for some, in Bondi and Bronte and Bellevue Hill to get huffy over a pulp mill – but how does life compare between Wentworth and timber territory?
