There wasn’t a spare seat to be found at ANU’s Kambri Hall on Friday 13 June, with more than 500 Antony Green fans braving the Canberra cold to hear the ABC Chief Election Analyst reflect on his 36-year career, ‘Bungy jumping on election night’.
Antony shared the highs, lows, laughs and embarrassments from his time analysing and presenting data at more than 90 elections.
In her vote of thanks, Professor Andrea Carson described Australia’s most famous psephologist (someone who studies elections and voting) as a ‘pioneer of data journalism’ and an educator, sense maker and translator.
Professor Carson praised Antony’s work for representing ‘something academics aspire to achieve – to translate complexity to general audiences.’
‘It’s not everyday you get to celebrate someone who has been a constant fixture in our national story, someone who for decades has helped us understand the very heart of our democracy.’
A video recording of Antony’s talk is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzxjsWYRfkw
This event was proudly co-hosted by the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the ANU School of Politics and International Relations as part of a Federal Election Workshop attended by more than 30 political science academics and commentators.
