What has the legend of Australian electoral analysis, Malcolm McKerras, been smoking, when he’s aligning with Legalise Cannabis politicians in the Victorian Upper House?

While I’ve always been a constitutional monarchist, I became attracted to the Irish model of a republic. If Australia must become a republic, the Irish model would be the one for us – or so I once thought.

Fifty years on, I reflect on a call I made about the sacking of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. This is my take on November 11, 1975.

I think you may be interested in my take on three by-elections in Australasia that may excite you – just as my interest has been excited.

There have been a number of wins with this recent July election. I’ve also needed to revise a few previously held views!

The more things change, the more they stay the same. At least that's what the final results from the Tasmanian election show.

Against my normal policy, I’ve decided to make no prediction in this upcoming Tasmanian election. Here’s why.

Now that the 2025 Australian election results are laid bare for all, it's time to see how my predictions fared against the outcomes.

After a marathon of counts, recounts and wins-by-a-nose, where are we in the House of Representatives? And what happens next?

With the use of the actual ballot papers I intend to post my votes on my website. I have done that for the 2016, 2019 and 2022 elections for the Senate. This time I’ll do it for both my ballot papers and I now explain the reasoning for my votes, along with a few other things…

The time has come for me to make my detailed predictions for Australia’s federal elections on 3 May.

Both Canada and Australia will have general elections in the same week, Canada on Monday April 28 and Australia on Saturday May 3. Here’s my take on who’ll be Canada’s next PM and a hint on who’ll win the Aussie election.