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Federal electorate of Bank data.
Google Trends showing a marked uptick in Hormuz as a search term for the past month. Not much for ages, a few searched in the past week and in the last day a sudden spike.
State Seat of Lyons with candidates who have nominated so far. Brian Mitchell stepped back at the Federal, and now he's stepped in again for the state election.
The state seat of Franklin and the nominated candidates so far, for the state election on July 19.
State seat of Clark in Tasmania, with candidates so far. Nominations have not closed yet.
Candidates for the Braddon state electorate for the Tasmanian poll on July 16. More nominations to come.
State electorate of Bass and confirmed candidates so far for the July 19 election.
Headline reads: Average house price surpasses $1 million, sparking affordability fears . "Sparking" implies we're just at the beginning. This is a disaster that's been brewing for decades!
The current median superannuation balance for men in their early 50s is about $162,000; for women it is $111,000. You really think $3m is anything even remotely possible for most people? If the graph does not display click here So why the ruckus? The same reason there is massive noise about any changes to the capital gains tax discount: wealth. Those with wealth like property prices rising because that increases their wealth, and they love that the capital gains tax discount gives them a 50% tax break when they generate even more wealth. The attempts to change superannuation tax concessions has worried the extremely wealthy that people will realise just how rigged the system is in their favour. And they worry it might finally be the start of attempts to address the growing wealth inequality in this country. It should be.
Two articles in a row beginning with virtually the same content which begin "Tim Wilson says" and "Tim Wilson Backs". It's about working from home. One is a standalone article and the other is a live feed of the day's news.
AEC official results showing the nationwide primary vote of all parties. Labor 34.56%, Liberal 20.69, LNP 7.1, Nats 3.8, Greens 12.2 PHON 7.27.
2025 election, Greens first preference vote 12.2%
AEC screen grab showing Nicolette Boele is 25 votes ahead of Gisele Kapterian.
QLD FADDEN 135,790 SA MAYO 137,756 SA SPENCE 138,902 QLD FISHER 139,123 QLD WRIGHT 140,302 QLD BLAIR 142,021 QLD LONGMAN 142,810
State or Territory, name, electors on 2025 certified list: TAS CLARK 74,315 NT LINGIARI 76,836 NT SOLOMON 78,723 TAS BASS 80,392 TAS FRANKLIN 83,734 TAS BRADDON 84,278 TAS LYONS 88,962
3.50pm Thursday. 291 votes in it.
2.48pm Thursday, aec count https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionPage-31496-214.htm
Goldstein counting as of 2.40pm Thursday. Only 294 votes separate Wilson from Daniel.
About 12.50pm Thursday, Tim Wilson leads by only 305 votes.
Bradfield vote, where Gisele Kapterian is only 59 votes ahead of independent Nicolette Boele. https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionPage-31496-108.htm
Tuesday 13th, postal vote applications and returns per electorate. Goldstein had 27,071 applications, 23,352 returned so far.
AEC count for Goldstein shows Tim Wilson leading by 660 votes. 115 votes have been counted already. Very low informal rate of 2.48% which would be one of the lowest in the country, and down 0.95% on 2022. Wilson lifted his first preference vote by 4.19%, defying all trends. Likely to be the only liberal to flip a seat in this election.
4pm Tuesday voting count from AEC, Tim Wilson 660 votes ahead of Zoe Daniel.
Ted O'Brien and Sussan Ley, the new deputy and leader of the federal Liberal Party.
Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor
Amelia Hamer, Jane Hume and Peter Dutton. Amelia's expression appears to be 'buffering', Jane Hume is laughing and Peter Dutton looks very odd... like he's late for his annual moult and his skin isn't sitting right.
NSW first preferences Labor 35.17%, Liberal 24.07% Greens 10.76 Independent - which weren't running in every seat - 9.96%, which is almost level pegging with Greens. Nationals 7.72, which, when combined with Liberals gives coalition first pref vote of 31.79% ... Fusion should just give up. Libertarians have dropped severely since they had to change their name from Liberal Democrats because people confused them with Liberals or Democrats...
First preference votes in Qld by party. LNP 34.92% Labor 31.27 % Greens 11.60 PHON 7.56 Trumpets 3.19 Gerard Rennick 1.89.
First preference vote percentages by party, in Victoria. Labor 33.99, Liberal 27.21, Greens 13.34, then Independent (which isn't a party...) at 7.69 and PHON at 5.66, Nationals at 5.33% Family First 2.15%
97 votes separating Zoe Daniel and Tim Wilson.
A map of Greater Melbourne, a sea of red with 1 green electorate (Melbourne, although that's tight) and light blue for Goldstein and Kooyong and Indi (independents) and dark blue for Casey and La Trobe. Flinders is too close to call.
Major parties taking voters for granted, Yee says Independent Stella Yee, who didn’t make it across the line, tells the ABC that the major parties have been taking voters for granted “for a long time”. Yee says Labor’s response to the siege on Gaza has played a role in her decision to run as an independent, along with its continued efforts to open more gas fields and coal mines. It is the same old same old that have letters (should be 'lead us') to this point. People have voted number one for me, sending a message that the two parties are just not good enough. A lot of our systems like sending gas for free and not charging multinationals tax and all of that, those are not correct settings for us. So we are sending this message.
Liberal senator says Coalition 'sent the troops into battle without ammunition'. image of Alex Antic, Liberal senator for SA. In Australia, Liberal = conservatives.
Greens vote in Dickson had earned only 7.32% of the vote and had a 5.68% swing against. Ali France earned a 2.51% swing to take 34.34% of the first preference vote and Independent Ellie Smith took 12.9%.
South Australia's 10 federal electorates. 7 Labor (extra gain of Sturt), 1 independent (Mayo) and only 2 Liberal, Grey and Barker, which are the two large regional seats.
A filled in Bingo sheet with stars over various political canards.
Results still coming in for Goldstein, Zoe Daniel 33.04% of the first preference vote, an increase of 1.75%. Tim Wilson earned 42.82% of the vote, and increase of 3.25%. Counting is still underway and these percentage swings are based on the count so far, so will change as final results are released.
ABC website front page. Labor's Landslide Win. Federal election 2025 Full results. (76 seats needed to form government) 19 seats in doubt Labor 86 L/NP 36 Grn 0 Others 10
Ali France 58.28 % to Peter Dutton 41.72% - now, it's 'early days' at this point so not final numbers, but rather amazing.
An AI image of Donald Trump dressed up as the pope, which he apparently shared on social media.
Dutton voted at the Albany Creek state school in Brisbane with his wife Kirilly and sons Harry and Tom. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton casts his vote with his wife Kirilly and sons Harry and Tom, at the Albany Creek state school on May 03, 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton casts his vote with his wife Kirilly and sons Harry and Tom, at the Albany Creek state school on May 03, 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. Photograph: Dan Peled/Getty Images
Dutton makes 17th campaign visit to a petrol station Opposition leader Peter Dutton has dropped into a petrol station with senator James Patterson as he visits Melbourne swing seats this election morning. (Looks like the 17th petrol station he has made an appearance at during his election campaign.) Here he is, pictured holding a “25 cents off petrol” sign: Opposition Leader Peter Dutton with Senator James Patterson visits a petrol station in the electorate of Gorton on May 03, 2025 in the outer western suburbs in Melbourne, Australia. View image in fullscreen Opposition leader Peter Dutton with senator James Patterson at a petrol station in the Melbourne electorate of Gorton on 3 May, 2025. Photograph: Dan Peled/Getty Images
Farewell to Antony Green calling the election on ABC TV BINGO sheet
Burger with bacon, onion, lettuce and cheese, also a can of soft drink, $8.50. Bargain!
This is democracy manifest. Bacon, onion, cheese and a beef burger (the lettuce was underneath) in a fluffy white bread roll. The cake stall had cupcakes and also gluten free options, and heaps of slices and also a bucket full of limes from someone's tree... I just ate a pear and white chocolate with MISO cookie and I am currently in heaven waving down to you all.
AEC data showing the total number of postal votes returned so far (still 2 weeks for postals to arrive and be counted.) 1,685,203. The average is 11.2k per electorate.
Top 12 electorates for Postal votes received, 10 are Victorian, 2 are Queensland, in order are: Dunkley, Aston, Calwell, Deakin, Gorton, Chisholm, Menzies, Bonner, Casey, Flinders, Dickson.
AEC official graph showing 6,778, 467 people voted at pre-poll centres. This does not include postal votes which will still be arriving in the next two weeks.
sum 6,778,467 total number of pre-poll votes cast across Australia.
2025 federal election night bingo.
Peter Dutton (centre) and Tim Wilson (right) . Tim's expression is ... well, he doesn't look happy, to say the least. His lips are closed and there's a slight jut of his jaw to one side, as if he's trying not to say the wrong thing. His eyes are looking straight ahead, not at Dutton.
Jane Hume says it's too early to discuss replacing Peter Dutton as 'you do not read the entrails until you have gutted the chicken'.
As of COB yesterday 7.38 million people (roughly 40% of the 18,1 million on the roll) had already cast their vote. 5.67 m pre-polls (graph) 1.52m completed postal vote returns 129k with mobile teams 23.4 k in remote communities 41.9k cast from overseas.
Total pre-poll votes cast in 2022 was 5,541,757 2025 as of Thursday evening 5,697,443 Friday (today) last day of pre-poll, and obviously more votes on Saturday, election day.
5,679,443 vots cast in pre poll as of Thursday 6pm.
Photo by James Brickwood, of Amelia Hamer, left, with Jane Hume, centre and Peter Dutton, right.
July 29, 2023. Mushroom Lunch Served. The image shows four white plates and one brown plate. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-01/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-leongatha-australia/105235686
T-shirt with text on that reads, The first rule of Dunning-Kruger Club is that you don't know you are in Dunning-Kruger club.
Primaries for Labor and Coalition predicted to be even lower than 2022 (they have been falling steadily since the 1970s and nothing has reversed this change.) Labor 31.4 Coalition 31.1
YouGov’s model suggest that three prominent members of the Coalition are set to lose their seats: Liberal MP Dan Tehan, Shadow Cabinet Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, is set to lose Wannon to Independent challenger Alex Dyson Liberal MP David Coleman, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, is on course to be defeated in Banks by Labor candidate Zhi Soon Liberal MP Michael Sukkar, Shadow Cabinet Minister for Housing and Social Services, is set to lose in Deakin by Labor’s Matt Gregg