Podcast #143: Will there be another independent wave in 2025?
Ben is joined by journalist Rachel Withers, writer of the Crikey column 'Well Hung', to discuss the prospects for independent candidates, including teal and Muslim independents,...
Come along to next week’s event in Sydney
I'll be speaking at an event next week in Sydney as a preview for the federal election.
The event is hosted by my employer GovConnex...
2025 federal candidate update
We're less than two weeks away from nominations closing for the federal election - nominations will close on Thursday 10 April, and will be...
Podcast #142: Right-wing minor parties and the federal election
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...
Federal guide unlocked, and SA 2026 guide published
We are now less than two months away from the last possible date for the 2025 Australian federal election, so it seemed to be...
Port Macquarie by-election live
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...
WA needs a JSCEM
Over the last few years I have had the privilege of making submissions and then appearing before parliamentary inquiries reviewing the conduct of the...
WA’s upper house counting in the dark
We have a lot of information about how the count is going for the Legislative Assembly in Western Australia - there's a few close...
The last election before we expand the parliament?
The federal Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters holds an inquiry into the conduct of each federal election, and they did so in 2023....
Podcast #141: WA Labor’s third landslide
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...