Casey Briggs is the ABC's Chief Elections and Data Analyst and covers elections in Australia and around the world. He maintains the ABC's election results services and writes on electoral matters. Casey studied at the University of Adelaide and was awarded a Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences and Master of Philosophy (Applied Mathematics and Statistics). He then swapped academia for journalism and joined the ABC in 2016, covering news and politics and working on his first ABC election coverage in 2017. Since 2020 he has been a data and elections analyst with ABC News, extensively reporting on topics including the data of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Labor's popularity in South Australia is set to lead to a large number of seats for the party at the upcoming state election, as various right-wing parties compete for a red seat in the upper house, writes ABC Chief Elections and Data Analyst Casey Briggs.
Premier Peter Malinauskas has banned most political donations in South Australia, in an attempt to take money out of politics. Now a state election will test if it makes politics fairer.
Premier Peter Malinauskas has banned most political donations in South Australia, in an attempt to take money out of politics. Now a state election will test if it makes politics fairer.
Even if it's a Labor landslide, we'll learn a lot from next month's South Australian election, writes Casey Briggs.
Within two hours of being elected Liberal leader, Angus Taylor has already been delivered his first big electoral test, and it has come from the woman he deposed.
Greens voters overwhelmingly preference Labor over the Liberal Party across the country — and a look at the data from the 2024 ACT election suggests there's no reason to think that would be different in Canberra.
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The final seat of Bass has been decided, two weeks after the Tasmanian state election — with a veteran physician who is staunchly opposed to the proposed Hobart AFL stadium to take his place as an MP.
This snap election may well end 11 years of Liberal government in Tasmania. But in a state with a history of long-running Labor governments, it's far from clear if this election will usher in a new era of stable politics.
The Liberal Party has retained the seat of Monash, according to ABC chief elections analyst Antony Green.
Greens MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown has held onto her Brisbane seat of Ryan, the ABC projects.
Labor took the glory, but beneath the surface of the election result an ongoing trend holds a warning for both major parties.
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Explore the results across the capital cities and the entire nation with these maps.
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Antony Green has covered every single state and federal election that I have been alive for. He makes it all seem effortless. But I know how hard he's worked to be ready for May 3.
A former journalist, a comedian and the man who used to be a Nationals pick — here are the candidates and seats that may land a surprise this Saturday.
Both major party campaigns have teams of advancers, staying one step ahead of their leader and preparing the media moments for the days ahead — all while trying to remain in the shadows.
Political players have been thinking about how the hung parliament worked last time and what they'd do differently if a similar scenario comes to pass next weekend.