This is the second episode in our NSW local council election series. Today I'm joined by Anthony Caruso, political analyst for Triple H FM radio , a community radio station in northern Sydney. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Oct 31, 2021•17 min•Ep. 56
This is the first in a series of podcasts with local experts about various major local councils in New South Wales in the lead-up to December's council elections. Today is Eric Kontos from South West Voice discussing the council elections in Camden, Campbelltown and Liverpool. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support....
Oct 27, 2021•23 min•Ep. 55
Ben 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. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
May 03, 2021•21 min•Ep. 54
Ben 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 . This p...
Apr 25, 2021•31 min•Ep. 53
Ben is joined by Kate Crowley and Mike Lester to discuss the upcoming Tasmanian state election. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Apr 19, 2021•43 min•Ep. 52
Ben 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. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Mar 14, 2021•41 min•Ep. 51
We 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. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Mar 05, 2021•33 min•Ep. 50
We'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. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Feb 19, 2021•32 min•Ep. 49
Ben is joined by 4ZZZ's Alexis Pink for a quick podcast to talk about last night's Queensland election results. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Nov 01, 2020•15 min•Ep. 48
Ben is joined by Glenn Kefford and Shaun Ratcliff to discuss tomorrow's Queensland state election. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Oct 30, 2020•31 min•Ep. 47
Ben was joined by Jill Sheppard from the ANU to talk about the ACT election results, and to briefly touch on the New Zealand results. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Oct 18, 2020•16 min•Ep. 46
Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham and Stewart Jackson to preview the upcoming election in the ACT. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Oct 05, 2020•40 min•Ep. 45
Ben is joined by the University of Queensland's Chris Salisbury and Glenn Kefford to preview next month's Queensland election. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Sep 21, 2020•26 min•Ep. 44
Ben 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. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Sep 08, 2020•52 min•Ep. 43
Ben chatted with Stewart Jackson about the results of last weekend's NT election. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support.
Aug 24, 2020•21 min•Ep. 42
Ben was joined today by Duncan McDonnell from Griffith University and podcast regular Kevin Bonham to discuss tomorrow's election in the Northern Territory. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support....
Aug 21, 2020•29 min•Ep. 41
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