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Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the results of the NSW state election. Poll Bludger live results page My thread looking at the history of embedding the NSW electoral system in the state constitution This podcast is supported by the...

We are now starting to get a substantial sample of votes for the Legislative Council, and it's giving us some sense of who is likely to win. But the sample is far from complete, and the incompleteness of the sample could make a real...

There were a lot of parallels between the NSW result and last year's federal election result. On a Labor vs Coalition basis, the result was decisive (although NSW Labor won the 2PP by quite a bit more than federal Labor). But this translated into...

Polls have just closed in New South Wales. I won't be running a liveblog tonight, but you can follow me by listening in to ABC Radio's coverage on local radio stations in New South Wales (including ABC Radio Sydney), ABC News Radio or online. I've...

Polls have just opened for election day in New South Wales. I won't be regularly updating today but I wanted to give an update on the early voting stats. There'll be an open thread posted at 6pm, but tonight I will be analysing the...

Most of the media attention tends to focus on the lower house, but voters will be casting two ballots, and the Legislative Council is also very important. There are fifteen groups running for the Legislative Council with a box above the line - they are...

Today I'm looking into the seats of interest in regional New South Wales that aren't just a simple Labor vs Coalition contest. I've identified seven seats involving independents, Greens and a Liberal-National contest.  Let's start with the three seats won by the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers...

Today I'm going through the Labor-Coalition contests that are of most interest in regional New South Wales. Tomorrow I will be back to look at the other races of interest in regional NSW. I've identified five seats of interest for this post.  First up, Upper Hunter (NAT...

In today's blog post I'm going through the races that could prove to be interesting in Sydney but aren't a Labor vs Liberal race. There's a lot more uncertainty with these sort of races, particularly when it comes to the independents. There's a large number...

With the NSW state election coming up this weekend, Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss the upper house race and what to watch for on election night. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room’s supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast worthwhile...