Elections: Knowing where you stand

Most polls underestimated Labor. How did they get it wrong?

Liberal internal polling was predicting as late as the final week that it would pick up seats, leaving it sleepwalking into disaster.

Elections: Knowing where you stand

The postmortems have begun after the Liberal Party in Australia suffered an election wipeout at the weekend.

South Australia at epicentre of Liberal party's election disaster

Labor conquered Adelaide by claiming every single metropolitan seat including one it hadn't held for more than half a century.

No surprises in South Australia's regional seats in 2025 election wipeout

South Australia's regional seats remain stable, but the Liberals face challenges after significant Labor swings across Australia.

Federal thrashing bad news for state Liberals - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia

Vincent Tarzia says he accepts the Liberals' federal thrashing with grace and humility, writes Mike Smithson.

Election 2025: the Labor-Liberal waltz of irrelevance

Another federal election. Another Labor Government with a much enhanced majority. A campaign with no great convulsions, except for the Liberal debacle. An Opposition Leader conceding defeat with proper decorum. All must be well in the land of Oz. But all is not quite as it seems. Seldom have Labor and Liberal been so visibly […]