TURBULENT TIMES SINCE JULY 2016 FEDERAL ELECTION
State-Territory Polls
NT - August 2016 - Labor defeats first-term Country Liberals government
ACT - October 2016 - Labor retains government
WA - March 2017 - Labor defeats Liberals after 8.5 years in government
QLD - November 2017 - Labor retains government
Tas - March 2018 - Liberals retain government
SA - March 2018 - Liberals defeat Labor after 16 years in government
Vic - November 2018 (Labor retains government)
NSW - March 2019 (Liberals/Nationals coalition retains government)
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(Nine federal by-elections since 2016 federal election)
Dec 2, 2017 - New England, NSW. Retained by Nationals' Barnaby Joyce. Called in the wake of citizenship scandal.
Dec 16, 2017 - Bennelong, NSW. Retained by Liberals' John Alexander. Called in the wake of citizenship scandal.
March 17, 2018 - Batman, NSW. Retained by Labor. New member Ged Kearney replaces retired David Feeney, who exited over citizenship scandal.
July 28, 2018 (Super Saturday) - Braddon (Labor), Perth (Labor), Mayo (Centre Alliance), Longman (Labor), Fremantle (Labor).
October 20, 2018 - Wentworth by-election. Called in wake of Malcolm Turnbull losing Liberal leadership and quitting parliament. Won by independent Kerryn Phelps.
