After a gruelling two-and-a-half years refereeing Australia’s rowdiest non-parliamentary slanging match, Bryan Palmer has exited the battlefield. That just leaves one psephological punter mug enough to operate a comments facility. For anyone out there who wants to argue the toss about recent opinion polls, the following have come through since the last episode of Idle [...]

This fortnight’s Seat of the Week is Eden-Monaro, renowned throughout the land as the “bellwether” seat that invariably goes the way of the party that wins the election. It is not immediately obvious why it should have this reputation, as its record in this regard is far exceeded by Macarthur, which has gone with the [...]