Charles Richardson
Psephologist and writer
Charles Richardson has contributed to Crikey since 2002, and was a ministerial adviser in the Kennett government and a former editorial manager at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney.
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.
There is a local lesson to be learned from the Japanese election result. Like what happens when a party's long-term decline has been masked by one leader's success...
Conflict is occurring in Victoria between freedom of religion and freedom from discrimination. What counts as a relevant ground for discrimination and what doesn't? It's the state that has to decide.
The real scandal surrounding Victorian Liberal pre-selections is not in the challenges, it's in the almost total lack of them.
Kim Dae-jung's passing parallels the remarkable journey that South Korea has travelled since the Second World War.
Foreign observers shy away -- with good cause -- from the US's creaky, dysfunctional electoral process. But the British example serves to remind us that primaries are also well-known in Europe.
Australian media seem to have some blind spots concerning our near neighbours, like New Caledonia, where recent riots have a political bent.
Despite what you may have seen on SBS series Liberal Rule, the rise and fall of the Howard government did not represent big shifts in national sentiment, writes Charles Richardson.
Is the Republican party's lack of support for the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme court, and their thinly veiled racism against her, a form of political revenge?
The idea that a person is too old for political leadership at 70 is relatively recent, and is still unknown in many parts of the world.
