Episodes

Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
62 - NSW council election results
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Ben was joined by Osmond Chiu for the final episode of 2021 to discuss the results of the NSW council elections. We ran through a few of the more interesting big councils, as well as the interesting referendum and plebiscite results.
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Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
61 - Final week of NSW local government elections
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
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.
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Monday Nov 22, 2021
60 - Penrith council election
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
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.
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Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
59 - Ryde council election
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
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.
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Thursday Nov 11, 2021
58 - Wollongong and Shoalhaven
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
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.
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Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
57 - Inner West and City of Sydney council elections
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
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.
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Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
56 - Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Ben is joined by Tina Brown, editor of the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Post, to discuss the council elections in Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai.
Ku-ring-gai in particular has been one of the most dramatic councils in Sydney, with a 5-5 deadlock on the council being resolved by the outcome of drawing a name out of a hat for the mayoral election.
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Monday Nov 01, 2021
55 - Northern Beaches council election
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
This is the second episode in our NSW local council election series.
Today I'm joined by Anthony Caruso, political analyst for Triple H FM radio, a community radio station in northern Sydney.
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Thursday Oct 28, 2021
54 - Camden, Campbelltown and Liverpool council elections
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
This is the first in a series of podcasts with local experts about various major local councils in New South Wales in the lead-up to December's council elections.
Today is Eric Kontos from South West Voice discussing the council elections in Camden, Campbelltown and Liverpool.
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Monday May 03, 2021
53 - Tasmanian election results
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham to discuss the results of Saturday's Tasmanian state election.
Check out Kevin's analysis of the late counting at his website.
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