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by-election alert: the first and only Greens member of NT parliament has quit, sparking a by-election in Nightcliff. At the last election, The Greens won this seat from third place on primaries, beating Labor by just 36 votes
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
First Greens politician quits NT parliament 18 months after historic win
Kat McNamara is leaving the role effectively immediately due to "ongoing health challenges". It comes 18 months after she became the first Greens candidate to win a seat in NT parliament.
www.abc.net.au
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
by-election alert: the first and only Greens member of NT parliament has quit, sparking a by-election in Nightcliff. At the last election, The Greens won this seat from third place on primaries, beating Labor by just 36 votes
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
By-election alert: Former deputy Victorian Liberal leader Sam Groth will imminently quit parliament, sparking a by-election in his seat of Nepean less than nine months before the general election www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Breaking: Victorian MP quits, triggering by-election months out from state poll
Retired tennis star and former deputy Liberal leader Sam Groth has quit Victorian parliament, mere weeks after announcing he would not contest November's state election.
www.abc.net.au
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 AM
By-election alert: Former deputy Victorian Liberal leader Sam Groth will imminently quit parliament, sparking a by-election in his seat of Nepean less than nine months before the general election www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
ICYMI: Tyra Banks’ Smize and Dream has changed the name of its viral hot ice cream dessert after an ABC News investigation. Here's my scoop:
Tyra Banks's 'hot ice cream' went viral. Don't expect to see it called that anymore
Reviews have said it "tasted like soggy biscuits" and was "a weird sensation to sip through a straw". Taste aside, something bugged me. How can you call something ice cream if it's not iced?
www.abc.net.au
January 31, 2026 at 10:08 PM
ICYMI: Tyra Banks’ Smize and Dream has changed the name of its viral hot ice cream dessert after an ABC News investigation. Here's my scoop:
This is not really my usual round, but I had some questions about Tyra Banks' 'Hot Ice Cream'. It led me on a journey deep into the bowels of the food standards code. Now, Smize and Dream has changed the products name: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Tyra Banks's 'hot ice cream' went viral. Don't expect to see it called that anymore
Reviews have said it "tasted like soggy biscuits" and was "a weird sensation to sip through a straw". Taste aside, something bugged me. How can you call something ice cream if it's not iced?
www.abc.net.au
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
This is not really my usual round, but I had some questions about Tyra Banks' 'Hot Ice Cream'. It led me on a journey deep into the bowels of the food standards code. Now, Smize and Dream has changed the products name: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Andrea Michaels has announced her retirement from SA parliament seven weeks before the election. Somewhat peculiarly, I am currently aware of *zero* candidates for her seat of Enfield
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
SA Arts Minister Andrea Michaels to quit politics after state election
Andrea Michaels will not recontest her seat of Enfield, in Adelaide's inner north, but will remain in the cabinet until the March election.
www.abc.net.au
January 30, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Andrea Michaels has announced her retirement from SA parliament seven weeks before the election. Somewhat peculiarly, I am currently aware of *zero* candidates for her seat of Enfield
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
My guide to the 2026 South Australian election is now live on ABC News. Could this be an election for the record books?
Election preview: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Full guide to all seats and candidates: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Election preview: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Full guide to all seats and candidates: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Election Preview
South Australia Election Preview 2026
www.abc.net.au
January 29, 2026 at 6:17 AM
My guide to the 2026 South Australian election is now live on ABC News. Could this be an election for the record books?
Election preview: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Full guide to all seats and candidates: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Election preview: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Full guide to all seats and candidates: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
It has been a bit of a ~saga~, but I believe I've solved my email gremlins and you can now subscribe to get new posts on my website by email, and leave comments: caseybriggs.com/subscribe/
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January 28, 2026 at 11:13 AM
It has been a bit of a ~saga~, but I believe I've solved my email gremlins and you can now subscribe to get new posts on my website by email, and leave comments: caseybriggs.com/subscribe/
My full guide to March's South Australian election will be published soon (barring catastrophe, this week), but in the meantime, a sneak peek of the starting line, including the electoral pendulum: caseybriggs.com/south-austra...
South Australian state election pendulum
With two months until the South Australian election, a look at the difficult task ahead for the Liberal Party
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January 25, 2026 at 11:06 PM
My full guide to March's South Australian election will be published soon (barring catastrophe, this week), but in the meantime, a sneak peek of the starting line, including the electoral pendulum: caseybriggs.com/south-austra...
Japan's PM is calling a parliamentary election for February 8 (in less than three weeks!). The next election isn't required for more than 2.5 years www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Japan's PM to dissolve parliament and call snap election
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will dissolve parliament on Friday and call a snap election for February 8 to seek voter backing for her spending plans and other policies.
www.abc.net.au
January 19, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Japan's PM is calling a parliamentary election for February 8 (in less than three weeks!). The next election isn't required for more than 2.5 years www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
While I put the finishing touches on my guide to the South Australian election , here's a roundup of some stories that have taken my eye caseybriggs.com/new-year-new...
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The Liberal campaign autopsy delayed, One Nation continues to surge in polls, and which state's primaries will US pundits be obsessing over?
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January 18, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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January 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM
New year, new website, and a new place for me to pop occasional writing that's too big for a tweet but too short or niche for an ABC article.
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The new Adelaide Festival board has:
- retracted the previous board’s statement about Randa Abdel-Fattah
- rescinded her exclusion and invited her to the 2027 festival
- apologised to Louise Adler
- rescinded the decision to have a subcommittee review AWW operations
- retracted the previous board’s statement about Randa Abdel-Fattah
- rescinded her exclusion and invited her to the 2027 festival
- apologised to Louise Adler
- rescinded the decision to have a subcommittee review AWW operations
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The new Adelaide Festival board has:
- retracted the previous board’s statement about Randa Abdel-Fattah
- rescinded her exclusion and invited her to the 2027 festival
- apologised to Louise Adler
- rescinded the decision to have a subcommittee review AWW operations
- retracted the previous board’s statement about Randa Abdel-Fattah
- rescinded her exclusion and invited her to the 2027 festival
- apologised to Louise Adler
- rescinded the decision to have a subcommittee review AWW operations
The Adelaide Festival begins in 45 days, and it now has no board.
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 AM
The Adelaide Festival begins in 45 days, and it now has no board.
Adelaide Writers’ Week 2026 has now been cancelled, and the entire Adelaide Festival board is resigning (other than the council’s rep whose term expires in three weeks)
January 13, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Adelaide Writers’ Week 2026 has now been cancelled, and the entire Adelaide Festival board is resigning (other than the council’s rep whose term expires in three weeks)
Louise Adler has now quit as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week. She says 180 writers have now withdrawn from the 2026 festival (the 2025 festival had 231 writers on its program) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Louise Adler has now quit as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week. She says 180 writers have now withdrawn from the 2026 festival (the 2025 festival had 231 writers on its program) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Here’s a thing I learned today: the metal-oxide semiconductor transistor is the most manufactured thing in history. One analyst *7 years ago* reckoned more than 13,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 had been made (more than there are stars in the Milky Way).
computerhistory.org/blog/13-sext...
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13 Sextillion & Counting: The Long & Winding Road to the Most Frequently Manufactured Human Artifact in History
Scientists and engineers achieved the alchemist’s goal of turning low-value material into gold with the invention of the MOS (metal-oxide semiconductor) transistor.
computerhistory.org
January 1, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Here’s a thing I learned today: the metal-oxide semiconductor transistor is the most manufactured thing in history. One analyst *7 years ago* reckoned more than 13,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 had been made (more than there are stars in the Milky Way).
computerhistory.org/blog/13-sext...
computerhistory.org/blog/13-sext...
We're looking for an Election Researcher to help prepare election materials & cover election results. You’ll help manage key databases, produce research materials, and dive into electoral research. This is a unique elections and data role at ABC News
Full details: careers.abc.net.au/en/job/50515...
Full details: careers.abc.net.au/en/job/50515...
ABC Careers - Job Details - Election Researcher
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December 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We're looking for an Election Researcher to help prepare election materials & cover election results. You’ll help manage key databases, produce research materials, and dive into electoral research. This is a unique elections and data role at ABC News
Full details: careers.abc.net.au/en/job/50515...
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Ashton Hurn has been elected leader of the SA Liberals to lead the party to the state election in just 103 days.
This is the fourth state or territory leadership change in the past month, and three of the new leaders are first-term woman MPs
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
This is the fourth state or territory leadership change in the past month, and three of the new leaders are first-term woman MPs
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Breaking: Ashton Hurn confirmed as new SA Liberal leader
South Australian Liberal MP Ashton Hurn has secured her party's leadership months out from the next state election.
www.abc.net.au
December 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Ashton Hurn has been elected leader of the SA Liberals to lead the party to the state election in just 103 days.
This is the fourth state or territory leadership change in the past month, and three of the new leaders are first-term woman MPs
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
This is the fourth state or territory leadership change in the past month, and three of the new leaders are first-term woman MPs
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Big news in South Australian politics: Liberal Leader Vincent Tarzia is stepping down, with just over 100 days until the next election.
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Big news in South Australian politics: Liberal Leader Vincent Tarzia is stepping down, with just over 100 days until the next election.
A massive 36.5 per cent swing at the Ingham early voting centre boosts the LNP margin in #Hinchinbrook #qldpol
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A massive 36.5 per cent swing at the Ingham early voting centre boosts the LNP margin in #Hinchinbrook #qldpol
The early voting centres have now reported, extinguishing any last hope the KAP may have had in #Hinchinbrook. Wayde Chiesa has more than 40 per cent of the primary vote and has an unassailable lead. This seat is an LNP gain. www.abc.net.au/news/electio... #qldpol
Hinchinbrook By-election 2025
Overview of the Hinchinbrook electorate in the Hinchinbrook by-election 2025
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The early voting centres have now reported, extinguishing any last hope the KAP may have had in #Hinchinbrook. Wayde Chiesa has more than 40 per cent of the primary vote and has an unassailable lead. This seat is an LNP gain. www.abc.net.au/news/electio... #qldpol
Hinchinbrook: The first six booths have arrived, all of them small, and there's a sizeable first preference swing away from the KAP (-31.6 per cent), splitting roughly evenly between the LNP and One Nation. No preference counts yet.
Full results: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Full results: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Hinchinbrook By-election 2025
Overview of the Hinchinbrook electorate in the Hinchinbrook by-election 2025
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Hinchinbrook: The first six booths have arrived, all of them small, and there's a sizeable first preference swing away from the KAP (-31.6 per cent), splitting roughly evenly between the LNP and One Nation. No preference counts yet.
Full results: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Full results: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Polls close in the Queensland by-election in Hinchinbrook in just under an hour. #qldpol
The latest results will be here: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
And commentary through the night here: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
The latest results will be here: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
And commentary through the night here: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
Hinchinbrook By-election 2025
Overview of the Hinchinbrook electorate in the Hinchinbrook by-election 2025
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Polls close in the Queensland by-election in Hinchinbrook in just under an hour. #qldpol
The latest results will be here: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
And commentary through the night here: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
The latest results will be here: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
And commentary through the night here: www.abc.net.au/news/electio...
South Australia's Speaker Leon Bignell is retiring from parliament at the next election. He was first elected in 2006 and managed to increase his margin at every single election since then. A remarkable achievement www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
SA house speaker joins departing MPs ahead of March election
Leon Bignell has announced he will retire from politics at the next state election bringing an end to his 20-year reign as the MP for Mawson.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 AM
South Australia's Speaker Leon Bignell is retiring from parliament at the next election. He was first elected in 2006 and managed to increase his margin at every single election since then. A remarkable achievement www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...