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. We discuss the motivations for these changes, the positions taken by the parties and why it happened when it did. We also discuss efforts to break the 'nexus' which links the size of the House to the size of the Senate. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room’s supporters on Patreon . If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support. You can listen to an ad-free version of this podcast if you sign up via Patreon for $8 (plus GST) or more per month. And $8 donors can now join the Tally Room Discord server.

You can listen to 156 - History of a bigger parliament online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

156 - History of a bigger parliament is an episode from The Tally Room by Ben Raue.

This episode is 39:13 long.

This episode was published on Nov 18, 2025.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from The Tally Room when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.