71 - Records broken as nominations close

Ben is joined by Duncan McDonnell and Marija Taflaga to discuss the closing of nominations. We discuss numbers of women and Aboriginal candidates nominating at the election, and the impact of increasing ballot sizes on the House informal vote. We also discuss the electorate of Lingiari in the Northern Territory.

• Duncan's paper with Ferran Martinez i Coma on representation of women in Australian elections

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