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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to talk about all of the recent redistributions. For further reading:

• Liveblog of Victorian and WA federal redistributions

Be sure to check out William's live results tool for the Tasmanian state election on Saturday night at the Poll Bludger.

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