Part 1. Leaders, Ideologies and the Campaign

Diary of an Election – Marian Simms

Bad Governments Lose: Surely there is no mystery there – Rodney Cavalier

The Ideological Contest – Carol Johnson

Part 2. The Media and the Polls

The New Media and the Campaign – Peter John Chen

To the Second Decimal Point: How the polls vied to predict the national vote, monitor the marginals and second-guess the Senate – Murray Goot

Debates, Town-Hall Meetings and Media Interviews – Geoffrey Craig

May the Less Threatening Leader of the Opposition Win: The cartoonists' view of election 2010 – Haydon Manning and Robert Phiddian

Part 3. The Parties’ Perspectives

The 2010 Federal Election: The Liberal Party – Brian Loughnane

The Australian Labor Party – Elias Hallaj

The Greens – Andrew Bartlett

Part 4. The States and Regions

New South Wales – Elaine Thompson and Geoff Robinson

Victoria – Nick Economou

South Australia – Dean Jaensch

The Northern Territory – Dean Jaensch

Tasmania – Tony McCall

The Australian Capital Territory – Malcolm Mackerras

Queensland – Ian Ward

Western Australia at the Polls: A case of resurgent regionalism – Narelle Miragliotta and Campbell Sharman

Rural and Regional Australia: The ultimate winners? – Jennifer Curtin and Dennis Woodward

Part 5. Policies and Issues

Managing Gender: The 2010 federal election – Marian Sawer

Immigration Issues in the 2010 Federal Election – James Jupp

The Influence of Unions and Business in the 2010 Federal Election: Claims of 'slash and burn’ and ‘still no response and no answers’ – John Wanna

Environmental Issues and the 2010 Campaign – Geordan Graetz and Haydon Manning

Religion and the 2010 Election: Elephants in the room – John Warhurst

Part 6. Election Results

The Results and the Pendulum – Malcolm Mackerras

Electoral Behaviour in the 2010 Australian Federal Election – Clive Bean and Ian McAllister

Seventeen Days to Power: Making a minority government – Brian Costar