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2022 Federal Election

Election Day: 21 May 2022

Coverage from Australian news organisations including ABC, The Guardian, Crikey, Michael West Media, The Conversation and more

ABC

ABC

20 May 2022

We’ve had fluffy dogs and bulldozers, but not a definitive answer for what a Morrison or Albanese government can do for us

ABC

20 May 2022

Australian election 2022: When will we know the election result? What time does voting start?

ABC

20 May 2022

Federal election 2022: Australia’s environment is under threat — but are our politicians paying it enough attention?

Crikey

Crikey

21 May 2022

Kitchen table chat is now heard loud and clear

Crikey

21 May 2022

‘Greensland’: Greens shock the nation with a historic showing in south-east Queensland

Crikey

21 May 2022

Labor scrapes to victory as Morrison resigns as leader

Guardian

The Guardian

22 May 2022

Scott Morrison’s faithful downcast as second election miracle falls short

The Guardian

22 May 2022

Australian Greens hail ‘best result ever’ with dramatic gains in lower house and Senate

The Guardian

21 May 2022

Australia election: conservative government voted out after nearly a decade

SBS

21 May 2022

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese cast their votes, refuse to entertain possibility of hung parliament

Independent Australia

21 May 2022

Election will come and go, but refugees still victims of ‘border politics’

SBS

21 May 2022

Independent Monique Ryan rejects Liberal Party claims on Chinese-language election material

SBS

21 May 2022

Federal Court orders removal of ‘misleading’ anti-Labor election posters in Higgins

The New Daily

21 May 2022

Labor becoming more confident of election success

Independents

The Guardian

21 May 2022

Federal election seat counts: what we know so far

Allegra Spender, Fiona Phillips, Katherine Deves, Monique Ryan, Trevor Evans

The Guardian

21 May 2022

Seats to watch: the electorates that could decide who will win the federal election

Allegra Spender, Ken Wyatt, Kylea Tink, Tim Wilson, Warren Entsch, Zali Steggall, Zoe Daniel

Crikey

21 May 2022

A fierce fight for south of Sydney, but the Coalition manages to hold on in Kelly land

Craig Kelly, Georgia Steele, Jerry Nockles, Kristy McBain

Crikey

21 May 2022

Political earthquake as Liberal heartland turns on Morrison

Allegra Spender, Bob Katter, Dave Sharma, Helen Haines, Jason Falinski, Josh Frydenberg, Kylea Tink, Tim Wilson, Zoe Daniel

SBS

21 May 2022

Independent Monique Ryan rejects Liberal Party claims on Chinese-language election material

Josh Frydenberg, Katie Allen, Monique Ryan

The New Daily

21 May 2022

Heavy swings have Liberal frontbenchers fighting for their political lives

Josh Frydenberg, Michael Sukkar, Peter Dutton, Richard Welch, Scott Morrison, Tim Wilson, Zoe Daniel

The New Daily

21 May 2022

Independents could hold the whip hand in next parliament

Adam Bandt, Bob Katter, Craig Kelly, Helen Haines, Josh Frydenberg, Monique Ryan, Rebekha Sharkie, Tim Wilson, Trent Zimmerman, Zoe Daniel

The New Daily

21 May 2022

Let the count begin: The 17 million ballots will determine Australia’s future

Allegra Spender, Dave Sharma, Josh Frydenberg, Scott Morrison

The New Daily

21 May 2022

The count begins: The 17 million ballots will determine Australia’s future

Allegra Spender, Brian Mitchell, Dave Sharma, Jason Falinski, Josh Frydenberg, Justine Elliot, Scott Morrison, Susie Bower

Spotlight

Independent candidates challenging incumbent MPs

Goldstein

Zoe Daniel

Boothby

Jo Dyer

Mackellar

Sophie Scamps

Hughes

Georgia Steele

Hume

Penny Ackery

Kooyong

Monique Ryan

Wannon

Alex Dyson

North Sydney

Kylea Tink

Flinders

Sarah Russell

Wentworth

Allegra Spender

Electorates

Crikey

21 May 2022

Returns go to Spender: inside the Wentworth revolution

Wentworth

SBS

21 May 2022

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese cast their votes, refuse to entertain possibility of hung parliament

Cook, Higgins, McEwen, Melbourne, North Sydney, Sydney

Crikey

21 May 2022

A fierce fight for south of Sydney, but the Coalition manages to hold on in Kelly land

Eden-Monaro, Gilmore, Hughes

Crikey

21 May 2022

Western Australia delivers key seats for Labor

Curtin, Hawke, Moore

The New Daily

21 May 2022

Heavy swings have Liberal frontbenchers fighting for their political lives

Deakin, Dickson, Ryan

The Saturday Paper

21 May 2022

Election ’22: Your guide to the key seats

Banks, Bass, Brisbane, Corangamite, Dunkley, Flynn, Fraser, Griffith, Hunter, Kooyong, Longman, McEwen, Melbourne, Menzies, Reid, Robertson, Ryan, Stirling, Swan, Sydney

The Guardian

21 May 2022

Everything you need to know about the election

Bass, Brisbane, Kooyong, Melbourne, Ryan, Sydney

The Guardian

21 May 2022

$8m an hour: in the battle for marginal seats, it’s a contest of who can splurge the most

Bass, Bennelong, Braddon, Chisholm, Clark, Corangamite, Eden-Monaro, Flynn, Gilmore, Leichhardt, Lingiari, Longman, Swan, Sydney

The New Daily

21 May 2022

Jim Chalmers decries Coalition waste as Labor hits the hustings amid downpours in Queensland

Brisbane

The New Daily

21 May 2022

Anthony Albanese, Scott Morrison cast their votes in Sydney

Canberra, Higgins, Kennedy, North Sydney, Sydney

The New Daily

21 May 2022

‘Safe’ Liberal seats in doubt as Victorians go to polls

Goldstein, Kooyong, Melbourne, Ryan

The New Daily

21 May 2022

Metropolitan NSW experiences strong independent surge

Canberra, Kennedy, North Sydney, Sydney

No Fibs

21 May 2022

Anything could happen today in Dyson’s #WannonVotes, it’s anyone’s guess

Wannon

ABC

20 May 2022

Everything you need to know about how to vote on election day