171 - Victorian election catch-up
A month out from the Victorian state election, Ben and Benita Kolovos from the Guardian discuss the last four years of Victorian politics, t...
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The Tally Room
The Tally Room is a podcast covering Australian elections, hosted by Ben Raue.
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20 of 171 episodes170 - Just Vote 1: OPV in the 21st century
In the final part of 'Just Vote 1', Ben runs through how parties encouraged voters to not number preferences to get a political advantage as...
169 - Just Vote 1: Labor turns to OPV, and turns away
In the second part of 'Just Vote 1', Ben looks at the history of optional preferential voting from the 1950s to the 1990s: the role of DLP p...
168 - Just Vote 1: The rise of preferential voting
In the first in a three-party election history series about Optional Preferential Voting called 'Just Vote 1', Ben explores the rise of pref...
167 - Farrer by-election preview
Ben was joined by Mark Riboldi from UTS to preview this weekend's Farrer by-election, and what it might imply about the Coalition's bigger i...
166 - One Nation surge in South Australia
Ben was joined by Rob Manwaring to look over the results of last Saturday's South Australian state election, in particular the emergence of...
165 - Seats to watch on SA election night
Ben was joined by Josh Sunman from Flinders University to run through the seats that could be in play on South Australia's election night an...
164 - SA election preview
Ben was joined by Intifar Chowdhury and Anthony Zougras to bring the podcast up to speed on South Australian politics before the state elect...
163 - Home ownership, renting and voting
How does owning your home or renting impact on how you vote? For today's podcast, Ben was joined by Shaun Ratcliff and Josh Goddard to discu...
162 - Thailand swings to the right
In last Sunday's Thai general election, voters swung strongly to current prime minister Anutin's Bhumjaithai Party, or BJT. In this podcast,...
161 - Japan election preview
Ben was joined by Donna Weeks, emeritus professor at Musashino University, to discuss this coming weekend's Japanese general election, where...
160 - One Nation surges in the polls
Ben was joined by George Hasanakos from pollster DemosAU to discuss the surge in support for One Nation, which has pushed them ahead of the...
159 - The Labor factions
Ben was joined this week by Osmond Chiu, Per Capita research fellow and contributor editor for the Labor Left magazine Challenge, to discuss...
158 - The 2025 Australian Election Study
Ben was joined by Sarah Cameron from Griffith University, to discuss the results of the 2025 Australian Election Study, including Peter Dutt...
157 - The Liberal factions
Ben was joined by Michael Evangelidis from GovConnex to discuss the factions of the Liberal Party of Australia - how fluid they are, how the...
156 - History of a bigger parliament
Ben was joined by Frank Bongiorno and Chris Monnox to discuss the history of Australia's federal parliament being expanded, in 1949 and 1984...
155 - Queensland's state redistribution
Ben was joined by Matt Dennien from the Brisbane Times to discuss the Queensland state redistribution, specifically the first round of submi...
154 - Tasmania votes for another hung parliament
Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham and Chris Monnox to discuss the results of the Tasmanian state election and prospects for the formation of a n...
153 - Tasmania's election landscape
Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss the latest Tasmanian state polls and go through Tasmania's five electorates o...
152 - Who will fill the Lambie vacuum?
Ben was joined by Tasmanian political observer Mike Lester to look at the state of the campaign and the announcement of candidates for the T...