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Podcast #120: Women in Australian politics
Ben was joined by Ruth McGowan, a candidate mentor and advocate for women in politics. We discussed the trends of increasing numbers of women...
Yes, this redistribution is taking a long time
Speculation about an early federal election never goes away, and I've noticed more recently in relation to the possibility of a federal election later...
Making votes count is about more than turning out
The NSW special minister of state, John Graham, yesterday announced that the government will ask the state Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM)...
Podcast #119: Solomon Islands elections
Ben is joined by Kerryn Baker from the Department of Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University to discuss the recent elections in the...
Tasmanian Legislative Council live
9:31 - I'm going to wrap up my coverage of this race here.
At the moment it looks likely that the result will see Labor...
The role of parties in Tasmania’s upper house
Tasmania's upper house stands out amongst Australia's parliamentary chambers with the most unusual constitutional structure. It has single-member electorates - common for lower houses,...
Tasmania 2024 – election-day turnout continues downward trend
I've got yet another chapter in the long story of Australians' changing habits in voting. With the final results of the Tasmanian state election,...
Mapping intra-party booth results – Tasmania 2024
Prior to the Tasmanian election I produced a blog post mapping out the relative strength of candidates within the same party ticket in some...
The decline of the star candidate in Tasmania
One feature of the recent Tasmanian state election result was a surprisingly small number of candidates reaching a quota on primary votes, despite the...