On top of the easily quantifiable impacts on party margins and seat shares, the changes will disrupt the major parties by disturbing finely calibrated balances of factional power.
Liberal MP Sarah Henderson is concerned about renaming an electorate "Cox"
As the first rumblings of election date speculation take hold, the party machines are now finally in a position to plot tactics with a clear sense of what the battlefield will look like.
The youth enrolment rate is at the highest level ever at around 88%, but experts are uncertain what this indicates.
Donations dump reveals shifting trends as donors go to extremes
Despite being a year without major elections, the 2017-18 political donations data throws up some interesting stories — many months after we should have known.
Inside the (notably low) numbers of today’s political donations dump
In an off-year electorally, the political parties had a record low in donors, as business drifts away from giving money to politicians.
Could historical ministerial decisions be overturned?
Legal experts explain whether or not it would be possible to question decisions of former ministers.
Poll Bludger: voters return in droves to the One Nation bandwagon
After all the controversy of the past couple of months, there has been a curious resurgence in support for Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
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