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Podcast: "The Week on Wednesday" with Van Badham & Ben Davison
Episode: Episode 158: Tasmanian election lessons, narrative wars, its the economy and good news about airships
Description: Baby, we are BACK! Van and Ben return after a super frustrating hiatus to discuss the issues of the day in their inimitable style.
The recent Tasmanian election has thrown up a complex and divided result, delivering more crossbenchers to the parliament than opposition members, and the Liberals forming minority government with nothing to guarantee the passage of legislation but wild hope. Ben and Van discuss this in the context of Tasmania’s unusual electoral system and the politics of independent representation more broadly.
The analysis continues as Ben breaks down the ongoing good news abo...