ABC Elections

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?

A Federal Election is due to be held by the end of May in 2025. 

8 February – Prahran and Werribee Victorian by-elections. All three Victorian parties face a test with two by-elections on February 8.

16 November – The South Australian Liberal Party faces a crucial by-election following the controversial resignation of former Leader David Spiers.

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26 October – Almost ten years after coming to office, the Labor government now headed by Steven Miles goes to the polls facing possible defeat.

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.

19 October – The NSW Liberal Party faces by-elections in Epping, Hornby and Pittwater with Pittwater under threat from an Independent. 

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.

13 April - The resignation of former Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison will trigger a by-election in his safe southern Sydney seat of Cook.

23 March - Premier Jeremy Rockliff has called an early election in the hope to regaining majority government in an expanded Tasmanian House of Assembly.

23 March - Voters in the eastern Adelaide seat of Dunstan will vote at a by-election following the resignation of former Premier Steven Marshall.

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.

2 March - The sad death of Labor MP Peta Murphy will trigger an early 2024 by-election in the Melbourne seat of Dunkley.

18 November - Voters in the Melbourne seat of Mulgrave face a by-election following Dan Andrews' resignation as Premier.

14 October - Australia votes in a referendum on a proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

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.

15 July - Voters in the Gold Coast seat of Fadden face a by-election following the resignation of former minister Stuart Robert.

25 March - After 12 years of Coalition government, NSW voters decide on 25 March whether to re-elect the government led by Premier Dominic Perrottet, or whether it is time for Chris Minns and the Labor Party to take power.

The resignation of former Minister Alan Tudge creates a by-election in Melbourne's east that could be a test for both the Albanese government and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

26 November - After a difficult few years in charge of the state's Covid response, the Andrews Labor government will seek a third term in office at the Victorian state election.

17 September - The remote WA seat of North West Central faces a by-election this weekend. Despite being a marginal seat, there is no Labor candidate. In a 12 candidate field, the contest will be between the Liberals and Nationals and could determine who is the Opposition Leader.

2 July - The resignation of former Deputy Premier Vicki Chapman will see voters in the Adelaide seat of Bragg go to the polls for a by-election.

Saturday 18 June. The by-election has been caused by resignation of former member Colin Boyce.

May - The 2022 federal election is set to reflect is the nation's two-years experience with Covid. Politics and attitudes to governments have changed dramatically for good and bad.