2026 Stafford by-election
16 May – A by-election will be held in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, after the death of local MP Jimmy Sullivan.
Wed 22 Apr 2026 at 2:08pm
16 May – A by-election will be held in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, after the death of local MP Jimmy Sullivan.
Wed 22 Apr 2026 at 2:08pm
9 May – Former Liberal leader Sussan Ley's resignation from parliament creates a complex and hotly contested by-election in regional New South Wales.
Mon 23 Feb 2026 at 2:45pm
May 2 – Voters will choose who replaces former professional tennis player and deputy Liberal leader Sam Groth, months out from the Victorian state election in November.
Mon 16 Feb 2026 at 9:33am
21 March - South Australians make their judgement on the first term Malinauskas Labor government. Will this be an election for the record books?
Mon 2 Feb 2026 at 5:14pm
March 7 - Will the Greens be able to defend the Darwin seat they won in the 2024 Northern Territory election by just 36 votes?
Mon 16 Feb 2026 at 9:33am
29 November 2025 - A by-election will be held on Saturday 29 November, after the resignation of the sitting MP Nick Dametto. Dametto has held this seat since 2017 but is retiring to contest a by-election for Townsville mayor.
Thu 13 Nov 2025 at 4:33pm
13 September 2025 - The by-election for the New South Wales state seat of Kiama has been caused by the resignation of independent Gareth Ward, after his conviction and sentencing for sexual abuse offences.
Thu 4 Dec 2025 at 3:39pm
19 July 2025 Tasmanians are going to the polls three years early after the Liberal Premier lost confidence of the house. Will this snap election resolve the state's political instability?
Tue 17 Jun 2025 at 2:30pm
A Federal Election is due to be held by the end of May in 2025.
Tue 4 Feb 2025 at 1:39pm
8 March 2025 After a landslide Labor victory in 2021, can the Liberal and National Parties restore some equilibrium at the WA state election on March 8?
Wed 15 Jan 2025 at 4:13pm
8 February – Prahran and Werribee Victorian by-elections. All three Victorian parties face a test with two by-elections on February 8.
Fri 17 Jan 2025 at 3:54pm
16 November – The South Australian Liberal Party faces a crucial by-election following the controversial resignation of former Leader David Spiers.
Wed 13 Nov 2024 at 1:51pm
Follow all the latest news from the 2024 US presidential election. ABC News experts will help you understand the campaign and the results as they come in with live coverage, results and analysis.
Thu 3 Oct 2024 at 1:00pm
26 October – Almost ten years after coming to office, the Labor government now headed by Steven Miles goes to the polls facing possible defeat.
Wed 2 Oct 2024 at 12:35pm
19 October 2024 The ACT goes to the polls to pass judgement on Australia’s longest serving government, and on the longest serving head of government in Chief Minister Andrew Barr.
Wed 2 Oct 2024 at 12:35pm
19 October – The NSW Liberal Party faces by-elections in Epping, Hornby and Pittwater with Pittwater under threat from an Independent.
Wed 2 Oct 2024 at 2:06pm
24 August - Voters in the Northern Territory are set to choose between returning Labor for a third term in office, or handing the reins of government to the Country Liberals.
Fri 2 Aug 2024 at 3:51pm
13 April - The resignation of former Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison will trigger a by-election in his safe southern Sydney seat of Cook.
Tue 23 Jan 2024 at 4:25pm
23 March - Premier Jeremy Rockliff has called an early election in the hope to regaining majority government in an expanded Tasmanian House of Assembly.
Wed 28 Feb 2024 at 10:45am
23 March - Voters in the eastern Adelaide seat of Dunstan will vote at a by-election following the resignation of former Premier Steven Marshall.
Mon 12 Feb 2024 at 9:36am
16 March - Australia's largest local government body, Brisbane City Council, goes to the polls on March 16 along with councils across Queensland. There will also be state by-elections in Inala and Ipswich West.
Thu 11 Jan 2024 at 2:44pm
2 March - The sad death of Labor MP Peta Murphy will trigger an early 2024 by-election in the Melbourne seat of Dunkley.
Tue 23 Jan 2024 at 4:26pm
18 November - Voters in the Melbourne seat of Mulgrave face a by-election following Dan Andrews' resignation as Premier.
Tue 26 Sep 2023 at 4:30pm
14 October - Australia votes in a referendum on a proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Thu 12 Oct 2023 at 11:21am
26 August - At a time when the political focus should be on the Andrews government, the Warrandyte by-election has created a new challenge for the Victorian Liberal Party.
Fri 9 Jun 2023 at 12:25pm