The Tally Room

12 - Tasmanian council elections

Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham for a bonus episode to discuss the Tasmanian council elections, focusing on the results of the Hobart City Council race and the features of the Tasmanian council voting system.

Read Kevin's live blog from the Tasmanian council elections count

11 - Greens seats in Victoria

In this episode, I talk to El Gibbs and Paddy Manning about the Victorian election, with a particular focus on inner-city Greens contests.

This was the first episode recorded at the studios of 2SER radio in Sydney. Thanks to them for the help with the show.

10 - Wentworth results wrap-up

Ben talked to Peter Brent in a mini-episode about yesterday's Wentworth by-election.

Some links if you want to read more about the by-election:

• Ben's post about Sharma's recovery on pre-poll and postal votes
• Ben's article in the Guardian about how Sharma came back from defeat on Sunday morning
• Peter's article about the significance of the Wentworth by-election.

09 - Wentworth and Victoria preview

Ben is joined by William Bowe and Georgia Tkachuk to discuss the Wentworth by-election and to begin discussing the Victorian state election.

• Ben's analysis of how preferences could decide Wentworth
• Latest published Wentworth poll
• The Tally Room guide to the Victorian state election

08 - Wagga Wagga results and Banks

Ben is joined by Ben Spies-Butcher and Amanda McCormack to discuss the Wagga Wagga by-election, the state of NSW politics six months before the state election, and the federal seat of Banks.

We also discussed Ann Sudmalis' retirement announcement and Kerryn Phelps' candidacy announcement.

Links to things discussed in the show:

• Kerryn Phelps running in Wentworth
• Ann Sudmalis retires
• Tally Room guide to the seat of Banks
• Fabian Society event for book 'Whitlam's Children'

07 - New prime minister, right-wing minor parties and Wagga

Ben is joined by Glenn Kefford from Macquarie University to discuss the new Liberal leadership, competition amongst right-wing minor parties and the Wagga Wagga by-election.

Read Glenn Kefford and Shaun Ratcliff's analysis of nativist rhetoric at the Monkey Cage blog at the Washington Post.

06 - Liberal leadership spill and Lindsay

I was joined this evening by Stewart Jackson and El Gibbs to discuss the Liberal leadership spill and the seat of Lindsay.

Our discussion of the Liberal leadership spill focused on some of the broader issues but was conducted before the rumours of a second spill strengthened later tonight. I expect our chat will be somewhat out of date in the next few days but most of it should still be interesting regardless of who comes out on top.

Read the Tally Room guide to Lindsay

Follow El Gibbs on Twitter

Stewart Jackson's University of Sydney profile

05 - Voter representation choices and Gilmore

Ben is joined by Jill Sheppard (@jillesheppard) and Osmond Chiu (@redrabbleroz) to discuss research into what candidate attributes influence voters' choices, and profile the marginal seat of Gilmore in southern NSW.

Links to things discussed in this episode:

• Research into voter preferences from Jill Sheppard and colleagues mentioned in this article
• The Tally Room guide to the seat of Gilmore
• Anne Wren's research on the political economy of the service transition
• The Human Rights Commission's report on cultural diversity in leadership
• The Brotherhood of Saint Laurence's report on youth unemployment hotspots

04 - By-election wrap-up with William Bowe

Ben is joined by the Poll Bludger, William Bowe, to discuss yesterday's by-elections in Longman, Braddon and Mayo. You can follow William on Twitter at @pollbludger or visit pollbludger.net

03 - Mayo, Longman and Senate party-hopping

Ben is joined by Peter Brent and Amanda McCormack to discuss the upcoming by-elections in Mayo and Longman and the phenomenon of senators switching parties (and not setting up their own).