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Elmira once had a tiny park named after Ross Marvin, who died in a North Pole expedition. Another started as "Unnamed Park." Neither are around today.

Originally published in The Canberra Times.

A boundary change, WA Labor’s surging popularity and the sitting member’s fall from grace have put this longtime Liberal seat squarely in the ALP’s sights

(Image: Private Media) The small polity of Tasmania has always been a knot of contradictions. A week out from the state election, in which the Liberal Party are seeking a third consecutive term for the first time in the state’s history, this holds. Both Premier Peter Gutwein and Labor leader Rebecca White have pledged they will not lead a minority government. But for several reasons, this may well be the reality one of them faces after May 1. There’s Tasmania’s Hare-Clark voting system — which divides the state into five electoral divisions that each return five members through prop...

Total wipeout or just a landslide: how bad will the 2021 WA election be for the Liberals? Narelle Towie © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP It is said that a crisis benefits the incumbent, and this couldn’t be more true for Western Australia’s premier, Mark McGowan, whose political opponent waved the white flag 16 days out from this weekend’s election. © Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP Zak Kirkup at the launch of the West Australian Liberals’ 2021 election campaign in Perth. The opposition leader has admitted his party cannot win agai...