Ben 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 .
Aug 09, 2020•18 min•Ep. 40
Ben 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...
Jul 26, 2020•19 min•Ep. 39
Ben 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...
Jul 12, 2020•38 min•Ep. 38
Ben is joined by Stewart Jackson from the University of Sydney to preview this weekend's federal by-election in the seat of Eden-Monaro.
Jul 01, 2020•24 min•Ep. 37
Ben 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.
Apr 13, 2020•29 min•Ep. 36
Ben 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.
Mar 22, 2020•37 min•Ep. 35
Ben 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. You can subscribe to this podcast using this RSS feed in your podcast app of choice, but should also be able to find this podcast by searching for “the Tally Room”. If you like the show please considering rating and reviewing us on iTunes ....
Mar 15, 2020•28 min•Ep. 34
Ben 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 ....
Dec 16, 2019•28 min•Ep. 33
This 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
Dec 11, 2019•33 min•Ep. 32
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.
Dec 01, 2019•40 min•Ep. 31
I'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 fina...
Nov 24, 2019•33 min•Ep. 30
This week I'm joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss the failure of Australian polls at the 2019 federal election and the limited improvements in transparency by Australian pollsters since that election. Kevin's website Discussion on polling with Katharine Murphy and Peter Lewis on Guardian politics podcast in July...
Nov 07, 2019•19 min•Ep. 29
Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham for a quick podcast reacting to the results of the federal election. Please consider supporting this podcast by signing up as a donor via Patreon .
May 19, 2019•20 min•Ep. 28
Ben 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.
May 14, 2019•39 min•Ep. 27
Ben 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.
May 07, 2019•35 min•Ep. 26
Ben 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.
Apr 30, 2019•42 min•Ep. 25
Ben 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.
Apr 16, 2019•36 min•Ep. 24
Ben 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.
Apr 02, 2019•46 min•Ep. 23
This morning I spoke to Osmond Chiu about the results of yesterday's NSW state election.
Mar 24, 2019•27 min•Ep. 22
Ben 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...
Mar 19, 2019•35 min•Ep. 21
Ben 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.
Mar 05, 2019•38 min•Ep. 20
Ben 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.
Feb 19, 2019•37 min•Ep. 19
Ben 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.
Feb 05, 2019•52 min•Ep. 18
In the final episode of the Tally Room for 2018, I'm joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss the close races in the Victorian state election, and to run through all eight Legislative Council contests just days out from the pushing of the button in each region. You can follow Kevin's live blog of the Legislative Council count.
Dec 08, 2018•23 min•Ep. 17
Ben 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.
Nov 25, 2018•45 min•Ep. 16
In 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...
Nov 19, 2018•30 min•Ep. 15
Today is one year since the announcement of the result in the marriage law postal survey, and I have a special podcast episode focusing on that process. I interviewed Simon Copland and Dr Liz Allen on Tuesday at a conference about the anniversary at the ANU. Simon's Queers podcast Simon's paper on the marriage survey discussed in the interview Liz's profile at the ANU website...
Nov 14, 2018•28 min•Ep. 14
Ben 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
Nov 03, 2018•25 min•Ep. 13
In this episode, I talk to El Gibbs and Paddy Manning about the Victorian election, with a particular focus on inner-city Greens contests. This was the first episode recorded at the studios of 2SER radio in Sydney. Thanks to them for the help with the show.
Oct 30, 2018•34 min•Ep. 12
Ben 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....
Oct 21, 2018•16 min•Ep. 11