William Bowe
Editor of The Poll Bludger@PollBludger
William Bowe is a Perth-based election analyst and occasional teacher of political science. His blog, The Poll Bludger, is one of the most heavily trafficked forums for online discussion of Australian politics, and joined the Crikey stable in 2008.
Internal polling has indicated a wipeout loss for the Coalition in the upcoming federal election. But is it all doom and gloom for the government?
The Greens have been almost completely removed from Victoria's upper house. But it's good news for Labor.
Some of the worst results corresponded with the electorates of federal MPs who helped bring the party to its present state by backing Peter Dutton's bid for the leadership.
From Ripon to the Latrobe Valley: the places around Victoria we expect to be most hotly contested in Saturday's Victorian election.
Victorian Labor has been fairly consistent in its reticence to let go of group voting tickets.
Though the Democrats seized the House, the results suggest Donald Trump's populist movement retains much of its potency.
With the Liberals down and out, the Greens represent the real challenge for Labor at the November 24 state election.
After Kerryn Phelps overturned a 18% margin in Wentworth, what other seats might be under threat?
The chaos of the Wentworth byelection result reveals that Australia is yet to catch up to the new era of pre-polling.
Here's where things currently stand for key candidates Kerryn Phelps, Tim Murray and Dave Sharma.