Referendums at the NSW council elections
Voters at the upcoming council elections aren't just voting for their local councillors. In a number of councils voters are also voting on questions...
Podcast #60: Penrith council election
Ben is joined by Alena Higgins from the Western Weekender to discuss the City of Penrith, where Labor and Liberal have mostly worked together...
The impact of direct mayoral elections
Two weeks ago I published a blog post laying out which councils will be holding direct mayoral elections as part of the upcoming NSW...
Podcast #59: Ryde council election
Ben is joined by local Ryde resident Rose Torossian to discuss the Ryde council election, with a detour into discussion of the merits of...
A chance to fix WA’s broken council voting system
Western Australia's local councils are elected using the most backwards and least fair voting system in all of Australia, and the WA state government...
NSW councils – measuring the magnitude
One of the main things that determines the shape of an electoral system is the number of elected members elected for each constituency. It's...
Podcast #58: Wollongong and Shoalhaven
Ben is joined by Nick McLaren, lead news reporter for ABC Illawarra, to discuss the council elections for Wollongong and Shoalhaven, along with a...
Which councillors are having another go?
Following up on Monday's blog post, I've also added information about whether each candidate is an incumbent councillor to my dataset of 1402 candidates...
Podcast #57: Inner West and City of Sydney council elections
Today I'm joined by Allison Hore from the Inner West Review to discuss the council elections for the City of Sydney and the Inner...
NSW council elections – who is running, and how many?
I've just finished compiling my list of the 1402 candidates running for council or mayor in the 24 most populous councils, the ones featured...