Simon Elvery

5 days ago | abc.net.au | Casey Briggs |Simon Elvery |Julian Fell |Ben Spraggon

Labor took the glory in last weekend's election, but beneath the surface an ongoing trend in how Australia votes has quietly carried on. The major parties' primary vote has, once again, fallen. In fact, there is a strong chance that the combined independent and minor party vote will beat one of the major parties for the first time in seven decades. On a simple two-sided political axis, most seats swung left towards Labor last Saturday.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Casey Briggs |Ben Spraggon |Simon Elvery |Julian Fell

This triangle is going to help us explain how Australian politics has fundamentally changed. Like typical triangles, it has three sides, and three corners. But this one has special meaning — each corner represents different electoral groups. In the bottom left, Labor. In the bottom right, the Coalition. And at the top, every other party and independent. We're going to plot electorates on this triangle, according to how the people in them vote.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Simon Elvery |Ben Spraggon |Julian Fell |Margaret Burin

New South Wales and Queensland are still feeling the effects of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, with emergency alerts and flood watches issued throughout the night. Parts of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales have been lashed by driving rain, sparking flash flooding, as the system moves further inland.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Simon Elvery |Ben Spraggon |Julian Fell |Margaret Burin

Strong winds have lashed south-east Queensland as ex-Cyclone Alfred made landfall over the mainland last night. As the system weakened, much of the focus had turned to the expected high rainfall totals and fears for life-threatening flash flooding, meaning many residents were surprised to see powerful winds smashing the suburbs of Brisbane. Even more homes are now without power, with more than 320,000 Queensland customers impacted on Sunday morning, and another 16,000 in northern NSW.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Simon Elvery |Ashley Kyd |Matthew Liddy

As Cyclone Alfred crosses the Queensland coast, keep an eye on the wild weather via these live-streaming webcams — if they don’t fall over. The webcams cover locations in Brisbane, south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales. Given the emergency situation in these areas, some of these webcams may go offline without notice. ABC Emergency will broadcast regular warnings on ABC Radio. You can find more information, including a map of all the warnings, by clicking here.