If we can get a good mix of seats and writers, maybe volunteers could send in regular reports on the action. If you're a member of a party, you'd need to disclose that. Anyone whose keen, but wants to do it under a non de plume should disclose this too. And anyone who'd like to have a go should make a call now, a call when the campaign begins, and a call the day before election day. Here's the list of some of most marginal seats, the party who owns them, and the swing required to toss them out after the redistribution.
Labor needs a uniform swing of just under one percent to win.
The last few elections have seen some surprise wins outside the close margins, so if you live in a seat that looks safeish but could throw up something special, let me know. Naturally I'm keen to get a mix of metro and country seats. If anyone has other ideas for getting the diary into shape for the election, let me know. Already, there's a populist pressure point. Phillip Ruddock plans to fight desperation in the refugee detention camps with yet more heavy-handed sanctions to be put to Parliament, which Labor has already enthusiastically endorsed.