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Ben 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...

We are now less than two months away from the last possible date for the 2025 Australian federal election, so it seemed to be about time to take down the paywall around my federal election guide. But I am also launching another election guide...

11:32 - We haven't had any more updates for over an hour so it looks like we've got all we're gonna get tonight. The main batches left are three of the five major pre-poll booths, plus the remaining postal votes. There are some other...

Over the last few years I have had the privilege of making submissions and then appearing before parliamentary inquiries reviewing the conduct of the most recent federal election and the most recent state elections in New South Wales and Victoria. Each of these inquiries are...

We have a lot of information about how the count is going for the Legislative Assembly in Western Australia - there's a few close races, and places where we're waiting for full distributions of preferences, but the information is reasonably clear. Unfortunately there's a lot...

The federal Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters holds an inquiry into the conduct of each federal election, and they did so in 2023. I had the opportunity to make a submission, and then appear before the committee. Their final report was published in...

Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to wrap up the results of yesterday's Western Australian state election, which was a third consecutive landslide victory for Labor. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room’s supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast...

For this post I wanted to put together a bunch of my thoughts the day after the WA election. I will be recording a podcast this afternoon and I hope to get it out before the end of the day. Firstly, let's zoom out and...

12:21 - This is my final update for tonight. I've put together a map showing the estimated 2PP swings at tonight's election, but you can also toggle to see the 2017 2PP margins and the 2025 2PP margins. Any non-classic seat is in grey. I'll probably...

There has been a common story all over Australian politics of the major parties losing ground. We now have the largest crossbench in both houses of the federal parliament in any of our lifetimes. New South Wales now has 13 members of the lower house...