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The Tally Room150 - Bradfield was a draw, for a moment thereFor this podcast Ben interviews two scrutineers about their experience in the recounts: Adelaide, a Liberal scrutineer from Bradfield, and KJ, an independent scrutineer from Goldstein. Ben also discusses the recount procedures he saw in Bradfield last week and the latest count updates from Monday afternoon.
Ben's blog post about visiting the Bradfield recount
The podcast features the song 'It's a Draw' by Nick Craft.
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2025-06-0228 minThe Tally Room142 - Right-wing minor parties and the federal electionBen is joined by Ben Moffitt from Monash University to discuss the role of right-wing minor parties in federal politics, why it is so hard for them to work together, and chances in the Senate. We also discuss the seat of Hunter in New South Wales.
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2025-03-2035 minThe Tally Room110 - Generational gaps in Australian politicsBen is joined by Shaun Ratcliff from Accent Research to discuss his recent report looking at differences in voting trends across the generations. We discuss how Millenials and Gen Z voters are much more left-wing than Baby Boomers, explore some theories as to why, and look at evidence as to which of those theories may be right. We then discuss what this implies for the next few decades of Australian politics.
Read Shaun's report at Accent Research.
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2023-12-0739 minThe Tally Room109 - Finding the electoral sweet spotBen is joined by Dr Simon Hix from the European University Institute to discuss a paper he co-wrote with John Carey about finding the Electoral Sweet Spot: how low-magnitude proportional representation systems tend to combine the best of majoritarian and proportional systems.
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2023-11-2336 minThe Tally Room106 - Voice referendum wrap-upBen is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to recap the results of the Voice referendum.
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2023-10-1530 minThe Tally Room105 - Voice referendum final weekBen is joined today by Peter Brent to wrap up the referendum campaign. We discuss the state of the polls, the relative position of the states, whether the low Yes vote can really be blamed on the state of the campaign or by the fundamental referendum trends, and what data points might line up with the results on Saturday.
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2023-10-1028 minThe Tally Room104 - New Zealand election previewBen is joined by James Mulrennan from The Overhang. We preview next weekend's New Zealand national election, touching on the electoral system, the state of the parties and the polls, and the potential shape of the next government.
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2023-10-0641 minThe Tally Room103 - A history of Indigenous elections in AustraliaBen is joined by historian Alison Holland, who is researching the history of ATSIC, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. We discuss the history and current existence of Indigenous elected institutions around Australia, including ATSIC and its predecessors at a federal level, regional land councils and state Voices that have started to pop up.
Alison's article in The Conversation about why those who claim that ATSIC failed have put the blame in the wrong place.
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2023-09-2128 minThe Tally Room102 - A history of Australian referendumsBen is joined by Paul Kildea and Andre Brett to discuss the history of Australian referendums. We discuss the historical origins of referendums at both the state and federal level, the dynamics of referendum campaigns, how different states tend to vote, the voters' bias towards the status quo, and discuss some of our favourite referendums.
We reference some fairly obscure referendums, including the 1928 referendum in the Australian Federal Territory on ending prohibition, the 1951 and 1965 Wool Reserve Prices referendums, the national song poll of 1977 and the unsuccessful attempt to extend hotel opening hours prior to the 1956 Melbourne Olympic...
2023-09-0745 minThe Tally Room101 - Group voting tickets and ward changes in VictoriaBen is joined by psephologist Henry Schlechta to discuss two issues of democratic reform in Victoria: the arguments around abolishing group voting tickets, and the implementation of single-member wards for urban Victorian councils. Sadly this isn't a story of Victoria improving its electoral systems - mostly they are getting worse or staying the same.
Ben's podcast with Kevin from November 2022 discussing the problems with group voting tickets.
Ben's estimates of who would have won seats in the Victorian upper house under different systems.
Ben's blog post about the single-member ward reviews happening in Victoria.
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2023-08-2432 minThe Tally Room100 - Redistributions all over AustraliaBen is joined by ABC chief election analyst Antony Green for the 100th episode of the Tally Room podcast to discuss the many redistributions currently underway around Australia: federal redistributions, state and territory redistributions and even local council ward redistributions.
We discuss the population trends affecting the drawing of federal boundaries, the process of drawing, and how we make estimates of margins in new electorates.
Read Antony's most recent post about prospects for the NSW federal redistribution.
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2023-08-1046 minThe Tally Room99 - History of STV in the USABen is joined by American political scientist Jack Santucci to discuss the history of the single transferable vote electoral system and its implementation in numerous American cities in the early 20th century.
Jack's book More Parties or No Parties explores this period and advances a theory to explain why electoral system change happens when it does. We also meander into a comparison of STV and simpler proportional representation systems.
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2023-07-2746 minThe Tally Room98 - By-election seasonBen is joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss three upcoming by-elections in Fadden, Rockingham and Warrandyte, and for a brief update on other election news - the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters hearing on expanding the size of parliament, the potential for an early election in Tasmania and upcoming redistributions.
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2023-07-1323 minThe Tally Room97 - Our semi-parliamentary systemBen is joined by Professor Steffen Ganghof from the University of Potsdam to discuss his book Beyond Presidentialism and Parliamentarism. Steffen discusses an alternative model of democracy he calls "semi-parliamentarism" which can gain the benefits of presidentialism in having a part of the legislature independent of the government, without investing executive power in a single person. And the best examples of this model can be found here in Australia.
Our conversation has relevance to debates around the role of Australia's upper houses and is a fresh outside perspective on how they improve Australia's democracy.
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2023-06-2933 minThe Tally Room96 - Timor-Leste’s parliamentary electionBen is joined by former AEC official Michael Maley, who has just returned from a trip to Timor-Leste to help with the country's recent parliamentary election. Ben and Michael discuss the constitutional structure, electoral system and party system of Timor-Leste. We also discuss the results of the recent elections, the likely shape of the new government, and the continuing dominance of the independence generation in Timorese politics.
You can read the full transcript here.
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2023-06-1541 minThe Tally Room95 - From seats into votesBen is joined by Professor Matthew Shugart from UC Davis to discuss how the electoral system influences the party system. We discuss the effective number of parties measure, and the seat product model, which uses the size of the parliamentary assembly and the district magnitude to predict the shape of the party system in each country.
The SPM is explained most simply in this journal article.
Or you can check out Votes From Seats, which explains it in more detail.
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2023-06-0144 minThe Tally Room94 - Moving forward in ThailandBen is joined by journalist Erin Cook to discuss last weekend's national election in Thailand, which saw the progressive Move Forward win the most seats and set up prospects for a coalition government made up of parties that are not supporters of the royal and military elite that has run the country since the 2014 coup.
Subscribe to Erin's newsletter on Southeast Asian politics, Dari Mulut Ke Mulut
Erin mentioned From Development to Democracy by Dan Slater and Joseph Wong
You can read the transcript for this podcast here.
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2023-05-1826 minThe Tally Room93 - NSW election wrap, and expanding the federal parliamentBen is joined by Stewart Jackson to wrap up the NSW state election, but to also discuss the news about a possible expansion of the federal parliament.
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2023-04-2447 minThe Tally Room92 - How did we get to the Voice?Ben is joined by Eddie Synot to discuss the proposal for a Voice to Parliament - where it came from, the history of constitutional recognition and national representative Indigenous bodies and what it might look like.
We discuss the likely democratic structures of a Voice and why it probably won't look much like the Langton-Calma model. We also discuss some of the criticisms of the proposal from opponents.
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2023-04-1254 minThe Tally Room91 - Aston by-election resultsBen is joined by Peter Brent to discuss the remarkable results of Saturday's Aston by-election. We discuss the context of the by-election, the potential implications and we also briefly touch on the upcoming Voice referendum.
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2023-04-0323 minThe Tally Room90 - Aston by-election previewBen is joined again by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss this weekend's federal by-election in the seat of Aston.
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2023-03-2817 minThe Tally Room89 - NSW election resultsBen is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the results of the NSW state election.
Poll Bludger live results page
My thread looking at the history of embedding the NSW electoral system in the state constitution
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2023-03-2743 minThe Tally Room88 - NSW election final weekWith the NSW state election coming up this weekend, Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss the upper house race and what to watch for on election night.
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2023-03-2033 minThe Tally Room87 - Prospects for a hung parliament in NSWIn today's episode Ben is joined by Peter Chen from the University of Sydney. They discuss the prospects for a hung parliament and the major campaign issues dominating the election.
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2023-03-1342 minThe Tally Room86 - Introduction to the NSW electionThe podcast is back, and Ben is joined by Rodney Smith from the University of Sydney and Michael McGowan from the Guardian to discuss the upcoming NSW state election. We discussed the election context and then focused on the prospects of minor parties and independents at the election.
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2023-02-2730 minThe Tally Room85 - Wrapping up Victoria 2022For the final episode of 2022, Ben is joined by Narelle Miragliotta and Henry Schlechta to discuss the final results of the Victorian state election.
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2022-12-1921 minThe Tally Room84 - Victorian election resultsBen is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the results of the Victorian state election.
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2022-11-2845 minThe Tally Room83 - Victoria 2022 final weekBen is joined by Andrea Carson and Stewart Jackson to wrap up the Victorian election campaign and look forward to election night.
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2022-11-2128 minThe Tally Room82 - Victoria’s twisted upper house voting systemBen is joined today by Kevin Bonham to talk about the Victorian upper house voting system. We discuss the group voting tickets released on Sunday, the dynamics of how the electoral system plays out, why you should vote below the line and the difference that voting below the line makes, and how the system could be reformed.
Who would've won in past elections without group voting tickets.
How below-the-line voting changed the results in 2018.
What the group voting tickets look like in 2022.
Kevin's assessments of each party's position on GVT reform
Kevin's analysis of the 2018 election result
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2022-11-1442 minThe Tally Room81 - Introduction to the Victorian electionBen is joined by Benita Kolovos from the Guardian Australia and Geoff Robinson from Deakin University to discuss the upcoming Victorian state election. We set the scene, looking at the major issues which have defined the last four years and this campaign, the position of the leaders and the trends in different parts of the state.
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2022-11-0729 minThe Tally Room80 - Papua New Guinea revisitedBen is joined by Michael Kabuni to wrap up this year's Papua New Guinea election. We talk about levels of violence and election disruption, the highest number of seats for a single party for 40 years, and the formation of the new government.
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2022-10-2415 minThe Tally Room79 - Tasmanian council elections previewBen is joined by Tasmanian psephologist Kevin Bonham to discuss the upcoming Tasmanian council elections - the electoral systems, the emergence of local tickets, and they then dive into the specific campaigns for Hobart City Council and Clarence City Council.
Check out Kevin's guides to Hobart and Clarence.
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2022-10-1724 minThe Tally Room78 - Bringing down the ecological fallacyA lot of analysis of the recent federal election used aggregate data and made assumptions about individual voting trends, but now we have some data that can actually answer these questions. Ben is joined in this episode by Shaun Ratcliff from YouGov to discuss the Australian Cooperative Election Survey, which allows analysts to make conclusions about individual voting trends.
We discuss trends in terms of income, wealth, gender, age, LGBTQI+ voters and cultural diversity.
Check out Shaun's presentation to a recent event where he presented some of the findings.
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2022-08-1527 minThe Tally Room77 - PNG election previewBen is joined by Maholopa Laveil from the University of Papua New Guinea to discuss the upcoming Papua New Guinea national election, with voting scheduled for most of July. We discuss PNG constitutional structures, election procedures, how the parties work and political geography.
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2022-06-2738 minThe Tally Room76 - Federal election wrap-upBen is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to wrap up the 2022 federal election. We discuss the undecided Senate races, the close House races, and the paths to victory for the Coalition and chances for future hung parliaments.
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2022-06-0646 minThe Tally Room75 - A remarkable electionBen is joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss the results of yesterday's federal election.
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2022-05-2230 minThe Tally Room74 - The final countdownBen is joined this week by Jill Sheppard and Peter Brent to discuss the state of the campaign, long term voting trends and the seat of Dickson in Queensland.
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2022-05-1638 minThe Tally Room72 - Minor parties on the rightBen is joined today by Ben Moffitt from the Australian Catholic University to talk about right-wing minor parties and their role in the federal election, and to profile the seat of Macquarie.
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2022-05-0229 minThe Tally Room71 - Records broken as nominations closeBen is joined by Duncan McDonnell and Marija Taflaga to discuss the closing of nominations. We discuss numbers of women and Aboriginal candidates nominating at the election, and the impact of increasing ballot sizes on the House informal vote. We also discuss the electorate of Lingiari in the Northern Territory.
Duncan's paper with Ferran Martinez i Coma on representation of women in Australian elections
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2022-04-2529 minThe Tally Room70 - Rise of the independentsBen is joined by Narelle Miragliotta and Stewart Jackson to discuss the rise of the Voices independents movement, and the Victorian seat of Casey.
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2022-04-2139 minThe Tally Room69 - Labor and the Greens in the federal electionBen is joined by Glenn Kefford from Griffith University and Rob Manwaring from Flinders University to discuss the relationship between Labor and the Greens and how it may play out in this federal election.
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2022-04-1136 minThe Tally Room68 - Polling and the federal electionBen is joined by Peter Lewis from the Essential Poll to talk about the current state of polling in the lead up to the federal election, and to discuss the federal seat of Page.
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2022-04-0722 minThe Tally Room67 - SA election resultsBen is joined by Rob Manwaring to discuss the results of last weekend's state election in South Australia.
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2022-03-2127 minThe Tally Room66 - SA election final weekBen is joined by Haydon Manning and Matt Clemow to discuss the key seats in play at this weekend's South Australian state election.
Check out the Tally Room guide to the South Australian election, now free for all to access.
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2022-03-1434 minThe Tally Room65 - SA election kick-offIn this episode, Ben introduces the South Australian state election with Tom Richardson from InDaily.
Check out the Tally Room guide to the South Australian election, now free for all to access.
The abolition of the South Australian redistribution "fairness clause" was discussed in episode 30 of the podcast.
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2022-02-2823 minThe Tally Room64 - NSW by-elections wrap-upBen is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss Saturday's by-elections in New South Wales, with a particular focus on how we analyse election results as increasing numbers of voters opt to use postal and pre-poll options.
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2022-02-1432 minThe Tally Room63 - NSW by-elections previewBen was joined by Stewart Jackson to discuss this weekend's by-elections in the NSW state electorates of Bega, Monaro, Strathfield and Willoughby.
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2022-02-0733 minThe Tally Room62 - NSW council election resultsBen was joined by Osmond Chiu for the final episode of 2021 to discuss the results of the NSW council elections. We ran through a few of the more interesting big councils, as well as the interesting referendum and plebiscite results.
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2021-12-1323 minThe Tally Room61 - Final week of NSW local government electionsBen is joined by Roberta Ryan, Professor of Local Government at the University of Newcastle, to discuss some broader trends in NSW local government in the lead-up to this weekend's election, including council amalgamations and the role of political parties.
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2021-11-2945 minThe Tally Room60 - Penrith council electionBen is joined by Alena Higgins from the Western Weekender to discuss the City of Penrith, where Labor and Liberal have mostly worked together over the last five years.
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2021-11-2116 minThe Tally Room59 - Ryde council electionBen is joined by local Ryde resident Rose Torossian to discuss the Ryde council election, with a detour into discussion of the merits of directly-elected mayors.
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2021-11-1521 minThe Tally Room58 - Wollongong and ShoalhavenBen is joined by Nick McLaren, lead news reporter for ABC Illawarra, to discuss the council elections for Wollongong and Shoalhaven, along with a brief detour to Shellharbour and Kiama.
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2021-11-1030 minThe Tally Room56 - Hornsby and Ku-ring-gaiBen is joined by Tina Brown, editor of the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Post, to discuss the council elections in Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai.
Ku-ring-gai in particular has been one of the most dramatic councils in Sydney, with a 5-5 deadlock on the council being resolved by the outcome of drawing a name out of a hat for the mayoral election.
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2021-11-0223 minThe Tally Room53 - Tasmanian election resultsBen is joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss the results of Saturday's Tasmanian state election.
Check out Kevin's analysis of the late counting at his website.
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2021-05-0321 minThe Tally Room52 - Redistribution updateBen is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to talk about all of the recent redistributions. For further reading:
Liveblog of Victorian and WA federal redistributions
Post with maps of Victorian and WA federal boundaries
South Australian final redistribution
New South Wales draft redistribution maps
Population numbers for upcoming Victorian state redistribution
Be sure to check out William's live results tool for the Tasmanian state election on Saturday night at the Poll Bludger.
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2021-04-2531 minThe Tally Room51 - Tasmanian election previewBen is joined by Kate Crowley and Mike Lester to discuss the upcoming Tasmanian state election.
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2021-04-1942 minThe Tally Room50 - The day after the WA electionBen is joined by William Bowe of the Poll Bludger to discuss Labor's massive landslide victory in yesterday's Western Australian state election, including running through each of the six upper house contests.
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2021-03-1441 minThe Tally Room49 - WA election updateWe return to the WA election today, with Ben joined by the ABC's Jacob Kagi and the University of Sydney's Stewart Jackson, who discuss the campaign and what to look out for on election night.
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2021-03-0532 minThe Tally Room48 - Introduction to the WA electionWe're back for 2021, and on this week's podcast Ben is joined by Christine Cunningham and Martin Drum to get us up to speed on Western Australian state politics and the early stages of the campaign for March's state election.
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2021-02-1931 minThe Tally Room47 - QLD election, the next dayBen is joined by 4ZZZ's Alexis Pink for a quick podcast to talk about last night's Queensland election results.
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2020-11-0115 minThe Tally Room46 - The day before QueenslandBen is joined by Glenn Kefford and Shaun Ratcliff to discuss tomorrow's Queensland state election.
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2020-10-3031 minThe Tally Room45 - ACT and NZ resultsBen was joined by Jill Sheppard from the ANU to talk about the ACT election results, and to briefly touch on the New Zealand results.
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2020-10-1816 minThe Tally Room44 - ACT election previewBen is joined by Kevin Bonham and Stewart Jackson to preview the upcoming election in the ACT.
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2020-10-0540 minThe Tally Room43 - Queensland election previewBen is joined by the University of Queensland's Chris Salisbury and Glenn Kefford to preview next month's Queensland election.
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2020-09-2125 minThe Tally Room42 - All about redistributionsBen is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger and new guest Michael Maley, formerly of the Australian Electoral Commission, to talk all about redistributions: how they work now, how they used to work and how they have changed over time.
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2020-09-0852 minThe Tally Room41 - NT election resultsBen chatted with Stewart Jackson about the results of last weekend's NT election.
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2020-08-2420 minThe Tally Room40 - The day before the NT electionBen was joined today by Duncan McDonnell from Griffith University and podcast regular Kevin Bonham to discuss tomorrow's election in the Northern Territory.
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2020-08-2128 minThe Tally Room39 - Introducing the NT electionBen is joined by Robyn Smith, historian of the Northern Territory, to discuss the upcoming NT election - recent political events, the party system, some seats to watch, and the peculiar nature of NT elections.
Robyn mentioned Weekends with Walshy, which features in the podcast feed for Territory Story.
Check out Ben's guide to the NT election.
2020-08-0917 minThe Tally Room38 - Tasmanian upper house previewBen is joined by Kevin Bonham to talk about next weekend's elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council.
Apologies for lower quality audio on Ben's part - but it should still be perfectly clear.
Tally Room guide to the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Kevin's guides to Huon and Rosevears
2020-07-2618 minThe Tally Room37 - Eden-Monaro review and state seat entitlementsBen is joined by William Bowe, the Poll Bludger, to discuss the results of the Eden-Monaro by-election. We then digressed into a discussion of the determination of entitlements of House of Representatives seats for each state, including the abolition of the Northern Territory's second seat and long-term trends for Victoria and Western Australia.
Antony Green's blog post about how seats are allocated to Territories
Journal article about electoral redistributions discussed by Ben
2020-07-1237 minThe Tally Room36 - Eden-Monaro previewBen is joined by Stewart Jackson from the University of Sydney to preview this weekend's federal by-election in the seat of Eden-Monaro.
2020-07-0124 minThe Tally Room35 - Queensland local elections wrap-upBen is joined by Alexis Pink to wrap up the results of the Brisbane City Council election and the Queensland state by-elections, including how these elections were influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-04-1328 minThe Tally Room34 - COVID-19 and Queensland electionsBen is joined by Glenn Kefford and Chris Salisbury from the University of Queensland to discuss the Queensland state by-elections and the City of Brisbane election, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on these elections.
We recorded this episode remotely from each person's home so there is a few audio problems on one of the guests' tracks, but it shouldn't seriously affect the listening experience.
2020-03-2236 minThe Tally Room33 - Council elections in South-East QueenslandBen is joined again by Alexis Pink from 4ZZZ to discuss elections for the councils surrounding the City of Brisbane: Gold Coast, Ipswich, Moreton Bay, Logan and Sunshine Coast.
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2020-03-1527 minThe Tally Room32 - The Australian Election StudyBen is joined by the ANU's Jill Sheppard to discuss the Australian Election Study: the process and some of the findings.
AES 2019 election report
AES trends 1987-2019
Ben's post about the Australian Election Study
This is the final episode of 2019. If you want to support this podcast to come back in 2020 please consider signing up as a donor via Patreon.
2019-12-1627 minThe Tally Room31 - Introduction to Brisbane City CouncilThis episode is all about the March 2020 election for Brisbane City Council, the most populous council in Australia. Ben is joined by Alexis Pink from 4ZZZ's Pineapple Rebellion to discuss the context and some of the key wards.
The Tally Room guide to the Brisbane City Council election
Pineapple Rebellion website
2019-12-1133 minThe Tally Room30 - can our voting system really be "fair"?Ben is joined by Peter Brent and Stewart Jackson to discuss whether it's ever possible for a single-member voting system to be "fair" in the context of the final defeat of the South Australian fairness clause, and the relative value of survey, polling and raw voting data in assessing the results of an election.
2019-12-0140 minThe Tally Room29 - Redistribution updateI'm joined by William Bowe from Poll Bludger to run through all of the electoral redistributions which have been conducted while we've all been thinking about other things this year: specifically Western Australia, the ACT, the Northern Territory, Brisbane City Council and the likely change in federal seat numbers in 2020.
Ben's analysis of the draft WA boundaries
William's margin estimates for the draft WA boundaries
Ben's margin estimates for the final ACT boundaries
Ben's analysis of the final NT boundaries
Estimates of margins for final BCC boundaries
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2019-11-2432 minThe Tally Room27 - Federal election resultsBen is joined by Kevin Bonham for a quick podcast reacting to the results of the federal election.
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2019-05-1920 minThe Tally Room26 - Anti-politics and how to watch election nightBen is joined by William Bowe and Elizabeth Humphrys to discuss anti-politics and election night - in particular what seats are worth watching and when you should expect results to come in.
Thanks to 2SER radio in Sydney for the use of their studio.
2019-05-1439 minThe Tally Room25 - Pre-poll and the federal campaign in NSWBen was joined by Rodney Smith from the University of Sydney to discuss the surge in pre-poll voting and the key races in New South Wales.
2019-05-0734 minThe Tally Room24 - Federal election nominations and housing policyBen is joined by El Gibbs and Gareth Bryant to discuss the final declaration of candidate nominations for the federal election, Clive Palmer's United Australia Party and the role of housing policy in the election.
Thanks to 2SER radio in Sydney for the use of their studio.
2019-04-3042 minThe Tally Room23 - Federal election week oneBen is joined by Shaun Ratcliff and Paddy Manning to discuss the latest federal polls, seats where independents are challenging the Coalition, and the conclusion of the NSW upper house count.
Thanks to 2SER radio in Sydney for the use of their studio.
2019-04-1636 minThe Tally Room22 - NSW election wrap and One Nation preferencesBen is joined by Stewart Jackson and Sinead Canning to wrap up the NSW election result (and discuss the ongoing upper house count), the role of One Nation preferences in the federal election, and the likelihood of the federal election being called this week.
Thanks to 2SER radio in Sydney for the use of their studio.
2019-04-0245 minThe Tally Room20 - NSW election final weekBen was joined by social researcher Rebecca Huntley and the Poll Bludger's William Bowe to talk about the key issues of the state election and the seats which will decide the result.
Thanks to 2SER radio in Sydney for the use of their studio.
Rebecca Huntley's new issue of Quarterly Essay, Australia Fair
William Bowe's election blog Poll Bludger
2019-03-1935 minThe Tally Room19 - The Greens and the changing NSW party systemBen is joined by Stewart Jackson and Geoff Robinson to discuss the NSW state election, specifically the Greens, the moving apart of the NSW party system, and historical parallels.
Thanks to 2SER radio in Sydney for the use of their studio.
2019-03-0538 minThe Tally Room18 - Rural seats and election funding in NSWBen was joined by Macquarie University's Ben Spies-Butcher and the Guardian's Gabrielle Chan to discuss the rural contest in the NSW state election and the impact of the recent High Court decision on election funding laws.
We discussed Gabi's new book Rusted Off.
Thanks to 2SER radio in Sydney for the use of their studio.
2019-02-1937 minThe Tally Room17 - NSW election and independents with Antony Green and Jill SheppardBen is joined by ABC election analyst Antony Green and the ANU's Jill Sheppard in the first episode of 2019 to discuss the New South Wales state election - in particular the rule of optional preferential voting and the increasing popularity of pre-poll voting - as well as the growing number of independents running in federal Liberal seats.
2019-02-0551 minThe Tally Room15 - Victorian election resultsBen spoke to Paddy Manning from the Monthly and Stewart Jackson from the University of Sydney about the results of Saturday's Victorian state election, including a focus on the Greens' performance and preferences in the upper house.
2018-11-2644 minThe Tally Room14 - Victorian upper house preferencesIn this week's podcast Ben is joined by Tom Clement from Geeklections and Tim Colebatch.
We discussed the Victorian upper house race in depth, followed by a summary of the Victorian state election campaign.
Tom's analysis of the group voting tickets
Ben's blog about the preference decisions
Tim's most recent analysis of the Victorian election at Inside Story
2018-11-1930 minThe Tally Room12 - Tasmanian council electionsBen is joined by Kevin Bonham for a bonus episode to discuss the Tasmanian council elections, focusing on the results of the Hobart City Council race and the features of the Tasmanian council voting system.
Read Kevin's live blog from the Tasmanian council elections count
2018-11-0325 minThe Tally Room10 - Wentworth results wrap-upBen talked to Peter Brent in a mini-episode about yesterday's Wentworth by-election.
Some links if you want to read more about the by-election:
Ben's post about Sharma's recovery on pre-poll and postal votes
Ben's article in the Guardian about how Sharma came back from defeat on Sunday morning
Peter's article about the significance of the Wentworth by-election.
2018-10-2116 minThe Tally Room09 - Wentworth and Victoria previewBen is joined by William Bowe and Georgia Tkachuk to discuss the Wentworth by-election and to begin discussing the Victorian state election.
Ben's analysis of how preferences could decide Wentworth
Latest published Wentworth poll
The Tally Room guide to the Victorian state election
2018-10-0434 minThe Tally Room08 - Wagga Wagga results and BanksBen is joined by Ben Spies-Butcher and Amanda McCormack to discuss the Wagga Wagga by-election, the state of NSW politics six months before the state election, and the federal seat of Banks.
We also discussed Ann Sudmalis' retirement announcement and Kerryn Phelps' candidacy announcement.
Links to things discussed in the show:
Kerryn Phelps running in Wentworth
Ann Sudmalis retires
Tally Room guide to the seat of Banks
Fabian Society event for book 'Whitlam's Children'
2018-09-1831 minThe Tally Room07 - New prime minister, right-wing minor parties and WaggaBen is joined by Glenn Kefford from Macquarie University to discuss the new Liberal leadership, competition amongst right-wing minor parties and the Wagga Wagga by-election.
Read Glenn Kefford and Shaun Ratcliff's analysis of nativist rhetoric at the Monkey Cage blog at the Washington Post.
2018-09-0433 minThe Tally Room05 - Voter representation choices and GilmoreBen is joined by Jill Sheppard (@jillesheppard) and Osmond Chiu (@redrabbleroz) to discuss research into what candidate attributes influence voters' choices, and profile the marginal seat of Gilmore in southern NSW.
Links to things discussed in this episode:
Research into voter preferences from Jill Sheppard and colleagues mentioned in this article
The Tally Room guide to the seat of Gilmore
Anne Wren's research on the political economy of the service transition
The Human Rights Commission's report on cultural diversity in leadership
The Brotherhood of Saint Laurence's report on youth unemployment hotspots
2018-08-0838 minThe Tally Room04 - By-election wrap-up with William BoweBen is joined by the Poll Bludger, William Bowe, to discuss yesterday's by-elections in Longman, Braddon and Mayo. You can follow William on Twitter at @pollbludger or visit pollbludger.net
2018-07-2935 minThe Tally Room03 - Mayo, Longman and Senate party-hoppingBen is joined by Peter Brent and Amanda McCormack to discuss the upcoming by-elections in Mayo and Longman and the phenomenon of senators switching parties (and not setting up their own).
2018-07-1345 minThe Tally Room02 - Braddon, Fremantle, Perth and how we name seatsBen is joined by Maiy Azize and Kevin Bonham to preview the federal by-elections in Braddon, Fremantle and Perth, and to discuss how we name federal electorates in light of Batman being renamed. The news segment features discussion about the result of the Darling Range by-election and the state of single-seat polling.
2018-06-2835 minThe Tally Room01 - Darling Range and Liberal womenBen is joined by Stewart Jackson and Megan Clement-Couzner. We discuss the latest elections news (including the Ontario provincial election and the Maine primaries, and what they tell us about voting systems) and then preview this weekend's Darling Range by-election in Western Australia and the lack of women representing the Liberal Party in parliament.
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