
Ben Raue
Editor, Writer and Podcast Host at The Tally Room
A guy with a blog. Now posting on Bluesky at https://t.co/9Xj8KFlByg
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Ben Raue
The Bradfield recount is being held in a warehouse in Asquith that appears to have been used for a number of northern Sydney electorates, but on my visit only Bradfield is being counted. A space is set aside as a break room for scrutineers, with large teams for the teal candidate, Nicolette Boele, and the Liberal, Gisele Kapterian, who finished just eight votes ahead after the first complete count.
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1 week ago |
tallyroom.com.au | Ben Raue
I had the opportunity today to visit the Bradfield recount, thanks to being appointed as a scrutineer. I did not attempt to challenge any ballots, but this gave me the best way to see how the process works. I was thinking of doing a podcast, and I may do that at some point if I get to interview some of the scrutineers, but for now I thought I’d summarise what I found in a blog post.
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2 weeks ago |
tallyroom.com.au | Ben Raue
Yesterday, the Nationals announced that they would not be renewing the coalition with the Liberal Party following the 2025 federal election. This is unlikely to be a permanent break, but rather the parties taking some time apart to re-assess their positions after a devastating election defeat. The nature of these political parties is quite peculiar.
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2 weeks ago |
crikey.com.au | Ben Raue
There’s been a lot of discussion in the past few days about the merit of Australia’s electoral system. This has come in response to some conservative attacks on our preferential system, sometimes implicitly or explicitly suggesting a first-past-the-post system (FPTP) would be somehow more legitimate. In response, Kevin Bonham has a good piece in Guardian Australia dismantling the pro-FPTP arguments.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Ben Raue
The winner is clear in most House of Representatives seats, one week after the election. But with a record number of votes for minor parties and independents, Australia’s preferential voting system has been under increasing strain, with the full complexity of the counting system needed to determine the last few seats.
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