The Tally Room

Ben is joined by Alena Higgins from the Western Weekender to discuss the City of Penrith, where Labor and Liberal have mostly worked together over the last five years. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast...

Two weeks ago I published a blog post laying out which councils will be holding direct mayoral elections as part of the upcoming NSW council elections. Today I thought I would consider some of the ways in which that voting system changes how the broader...

Ben is joined by local Ryde resident Rose Torossian to discuss the Ryde council election, with a detour into discussion of the merits of directly-elected mayors. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider...

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 is now proposing some changes that will make it a bit better. The Western Australian state government is proposing a range...

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 a key feature that sets the direction of how elections work in each NSW local council. In this post I'm...

Ben is joined by Nick McLaren, lead news reporter for ABC Illawarra, to discuss the council elections for Wollongong and Shoalhaven, along with a brief detour to Shellharbour and Kiama. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon. If you find this...

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 running for the 24 most populous councils. I had noticed some councils where large numbers of sitting councillors were retiring. So...

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 West Council. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room's supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider...

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 in my election guide. Unfortunately the NSWEC has not published a single dataset with all of the candidate details, so...