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The Tally Room

The Tally Room is a podcast covering Australian elections, hosted by Ben Raue.
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09 - Wentworth and Victoria preview

Ben 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...

Oct 04, 201834 minEp. 10

08 - Wagga Wagga results and Banks

Ben 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'...

Sep 18, 201832 minEp. 9

07 - New prime minister, right-wing minor parties and Wagga

Ben 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....

Sep 04, 201834 minEp. 8

06 - Liberal leadership spill and Lindsay

I was joined this evening by Stewart Jackson and El Gibbs to discuss the Liberal leadership spill and the seat of Lindsay. Our discussion of the Liberal leadership spill focused on some of the broader issues but was conducted before the rumours of a second spill strengthened later tonight. I expect our chat will be somewhat out of date in the next few days but most of it should still be interesting regardless of who comes out on top. Read the Tally Room guide to Lindsay Follow El Gibbs on Twitte...

Aug 22, 201846 minEp. 7

05 - Voter representation choices and Gilmore

Ben 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...

Aug 08, 201839 minEp. 6

04 - By-election wrap-up with William Bowe

Ben 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

Jul 29, 201836 minEp. 5

03 - Mayo, Longman and Senate party-hopping

Ben 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).

Jul 13, 201845 minEp. 4

02 - Braddon, Fremantle, Perth and how we name seats

Ben 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.

Jun 28, 201835 minEp. 3

01 - Darling Range and Liberal women

Ben 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.

Jun 21, 201836 minEp. 2
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