Poll Position with Stansfield and AJ is a podcast about Tasmanian politics. The only place to get clear, unfiltered news and analysis about Tasmanian politics that you won't find anywhere else.
Episode 25: Christmas, the Stadium, and a Broken Promise
A not quite emergency edition. Josh Willie tries to walk away from his 30% by Christmas pledge, the Premier rules out quitting before the end of the year, and a new tax on data centres breaks the no new taxes promise. Plus: the stadium’s preferred builder, the King Island mine shares, and the row over a school’s Christmas event.
Brought to you by EMRS and Pulse Tasmania.
9 Oct 2026
Episode 24: Mum's the Word
Voting has opened in Tasmania’s council elections, and Hobart’s campaign has already gone off the rails. AJ MC’d the debate everyone is talking about and tells the inside story. Plus: Brad takes aim at the Bell Bay bailout and the JackJumpers arena deal, Lee Hanson’s coffee shop stoush, One Nation’s “heads are going to roll” launch in Victoria, and fresh doubts over the Firmus float. Brought to you by EMRS and Pulse Tasmania.
25 Sept 2026
Poll Position Episode 23: Who wins Hobart, Plus our Exclusive AI Poll
With nominations closed and postal ballots about to land, Brad and AJ size up Tasmania's 2026 local government elections. They cover how the system works, why this is the state's first AI election, and who's in the running for mayor in Hobart, Clarence, Kingborough, Glenorchy and Launceston. Plus an EMRS exclusive. A statewide poll finds Tasmanians oppose AI data centres by more than two to one, with Liberal voters the only group in support. We also look at how Tasmanians are using AI, Firmus's sporting sponsorships, the latest Demos poll, the One Nation rally debate, and the Premier's new tattoo. Disclosure: Brad is assisting Charles Wooley's Hobart mayoral campaign. Poll Position is brought to you by EMRS, when accuracy matters, with media partners Pulse
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