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112 - Prabowo wins in Indonesia

Ben was joined by this week by Marcus Mietzner from the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the ANU, and the author of The Coalitions Presidents Make, to discuss Prabowo Subianto's clear victory in the first round of the Indonesian presidential election.

We discuss how Prabowo won, the shift in votes between 2019 and 2024, and the implications for how Prabowo will govern, as well as Prabowo's relationship with outgoing president Jokowi - past, present and future.

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111 - Indonesia goes to the polls

Ben is joined by Erin Cook from Dari Mulut ke Mulut to discuss next week's national election in Indonesia. We discuss the three candidates, the role of the outgoing president Jokowi in the race, the electoral system and the role of parties in Indonesia's democracy.

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110 - Generational gaps in Australian politics

Ben is joined by Shaun Ratcliff from Accent Research to discuss his recent report looking at differences in voting trends across the generations. We discuss how Millenials and Gen Z voters are much more left-wing than Baby Boomers, explore some theories as to why, and look at evidence as to which of those theories may be right. We then discuss what this implies for the next few decades of Australian politics.

Read Shaun's report at Accent Research.

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109 - Finding the electoral sweet spot

Ben is joined by Dr Simon Hix from the European University Institute to discuss a paper he co-wrote with John Carey about finding the Electoral Sweet Spot: how low-magnitude proportional representation systems tend to combine the best of majoritarian and proportional systems.

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108 - Inside a party’s redistribution submission

Shane Easson has been drawing up redistribution submissions for the Australian Labor Party since 1984. This year he's not doing the Labor submission for New South Wales, although he is working on those in some other states, and he came on the podcast to talk about how it works, the things you've got to consider when writing such a submission, and whether they have any influence on the outcome.

We also discuss some of the likely outcomes of the current NSW federal redistribution and the need to change some names.

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107 - Boundary delimitation, straight from Malaysia

Today's podcast was recorded at the roundtable on Boundary Delimitation and Malapportionment in Asia and the Pacific held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 28-29, 2023. The event was hosted by Indonesian NGO Perludem and Malaysian organisations Bersih and Tindak Malaysia, in coordination with International IDEA.

I attended to present on Papua New Guinea's electoral boundaries and while there I recorded interviews with six of the other participants.

In this episode you'll hear from:

• Niranjan Sahoo, from India
• Heroik Pratama, from Indonesia
• Wong Chin Huat, from Malaysia
• Luie Guia, from the Philippines
• Enkhtsetseg Dagva, from Mongolia
• Adhy Aman, from International IDEA

Thanks to everyone for joining me.

Read the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Apportionment and Boundary Delimitation.

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106 - Voice referendum wrap-up

Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to recap the results of the Voice referendum.

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105 - Voice referendum final week

Ben is joined today by Peter Brent to wrap up the referendum campaign. We discuss the state of the polls, the relative position of the states, whether the low Yes vote can really be blamed on the state of the campaign or by the fundamental referendum trends, and what data points might line up with the results on Saturday.

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104 - New Zealand election preview

Ben is joined by James Mulrennan from The Overhang. We preview next weekend's New Zealand national election, touching on the electoral system, the state of the parties and the polls, and the potential shape of the next government.

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103 - A history of Indigenous elections in Australia

Ben is joined by historian Alison Holland, who is researching the history of ATSIC, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. We discuss the history and current existence of Indigenous elected institutions around Australia, including ATSIC and its predecessors at a federal level, regional land councils and state Voices that have started to pop up.

• Alison's article in The Conversation about why those who claim that ATSIC failed have put the blame in the wrong place.

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