The Tally Room

1:03 - Okay I'm going to have to leave this here. I'll come back in the morning and finish the run of the board and then look at blog posts summarising the results more generally. 1:02 - Lake Macquarie mayor Kay Fraser has been re-elected...

This is the last in my series of posts looking at various trends in NSW council elections. I wrote recently about how poor turnout is for Western Australia's voluntary council elections, but other states tend to have higher levels. Turnout for the 2016 Brisbane City...

The proportional voting system used for New South Wales councils doesn't tend to produce huge one-party majorities in most areas. It often results in no party having control, and when they do have a majority it is usually a slim one. This means that there...

Ben is joined by Roberta Ryan, Professor of Local Government at the University of Newcastle, to discuss some broader trends in NSW local government in the lead-up to this weekend's election, including council amalgamations and the role of political parties. This podcast is supported by...

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...