Nepean by-election coming soon
A by-election will be held soon in the Victorian state seat of Nepean, covering the Mornington Peninsula to the south-east of Melbourne.
Nepean has been...
Podcast #161 – Japan election preview
Ben was joined by Donna Weeks, emeritus professor at Musashino University, to discuss this coming weekend's Japanese general election, where new prime minister Sanae...
South Australian candidates emerge
South Australia will go to the polls in March for their state election.
The most recent polls predict an enormous landslide victory for the incumbent...
Podcast #160 – One Nation surges in the polls
Ben was joined by George Hasanakos from pollster DemosAU to discuss the surge in support for One Nation, which has pushed them ahead of...
The history of the Nationals and the Liberal leadership
The recent divisions between the Liberal Party and the Nationals, which seem to have culminated in the Nationals ending the coalition this morning, have...
Comments now limited to Tally Room members
Comments have been a problem for a while, with a large volume of comments, often off-topic and not of high quality.
As a solution to...
How meaningful is the Labor 2PP in the teal seats?
For the final blog post of 2025, I wanted to look at a question that has come up regularly in the comments, and on...
How long do parliamentary terms really last?
There has been a lot of conversation recently about implementing fixed four-year terms for the federal Parliament, with Anthony Albanese indicating support and some...
The Nationals and expanding the parliament
Recent reporting, and my own experience, indicates that the federal Labor government is seriously considering an expansion in the size of the Australian federal...
What might an expanded parliament map look like?
A lot of people would love to know how the electoral map would change if the parliament was expanded.
We've already been able to get...