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{{short description|Australian psephologist and commentator|bot=PearBOT 5}}{{For|those of a similar name|Anthony Green (disambiguation)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}

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| image =| alt = | caption = | birth_name = Antony John Greendf=yes3|2}}| birth_place = Warrington, Lancashire, United Kingdom| education = James Ruse Agricultural High School| alma_mater = University of Sydney| years_active = 1986–present| nationality = Australian| occupation = Election analyst for Australian Broadcasting Corporation|website = Personal Website}}Antony John Green {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 2 March 1960WEB,nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35346945, Green, Antony, Libraries Australia, 3 October 2011, 21 October 2012,nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35346945," title="web.archive.org/web/20121021115827nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35346945,">web.archive.org/web/20121021115827nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35346945, live, ) is an Australian psephologist and commentator. He is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s chief election analyst.

Early years and background

Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in northern England,WEB,blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/06/a-few-thanks.html, Antony Green’s Election Blog: A Few Thanks, Blogs.abc.net.au, 12 June 2017, 12 June 2017,blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/06/a-few-thanks.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170728155836blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/06/a-few-thanks.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170728155836blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2017/06/a-few-thanks.html, 28 July 2017, NEWS, Pitt, Helen, Antony Green: gracing our election night TV screens for 25 years,www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/antony-green-a-quarter-century-of-election-calling-20160630-gpvxiw.html, 2 July 2016, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 July 2016, 3 July 2016,www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/antony-green-a-quarter-century-of-election-calling-20160630-gpvxiw.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20160703003913www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/antony-green-a-quarter-century-of-election-calling-20160630-gpvxiw.html,">web.archive.org/web/20160703003913www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/antony-green-a-quarter-century-of-election-calling-20160630-gpvxiw.html, live, Green emigrated to Australia with his family in 1964.NEWS,blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2011/08/a-sad-day-for-the-abc.html, A Sad Day for the ABC, Green, Antony, Antony Green’s Election Blog, 20 August 2011, 20 August 2011, 22 August 2011,blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2011/08/a-sad-day-for-the-abc.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20110822010558blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2011/08/a-sad-day-for-the-abc.html,">web.archive.org/web/20110822010558blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2011/08/a-sad-day-for-the-abc.html, live, He attended James Ruse Agricultural High School in Sydney, graduating in 1977.NEWS,www.smh.com.au/federal-election/number-cruncher-20100724-10pvw.html, Number Cruncher, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 2010, 25 July 2010,www.smh.com.au/federal-election/number-cruncher-20100724-10pvw.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100727172341www.smh.com.au/federal-election/number-cruncher-20100724-10pvw.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100727172341www.smh.com.au/federal-election/number-cruncher-20100724-10pvw.html, 27 July 2010, live, Green graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and computing, and a Bachelor of Economics with honours in politics from the University of Sydney. He worked initially as a data analyst in the computing industry and for a polling company before joining the ABC in 1989. Green recalls he saw an ad for a six-month position as an ABC election researcher and applied, along with 150 other applicants. His experience and his “slightly bubbly personality” helped him get the position.{{citation needed|reason=for quotation|date=December 2022}} ABC producer Ian Carroll and journalist Kerry O’Brien recommended he stay on and he remains with the ABC until today.WEB, 2022-05-27, ‘Bungee jumping for intellectuals’: Antony Green on elections and what he’s doing next,www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/bungee-jumping-for-intellectuals-antony-green-on-elections-and-what-he-s-doing-next-20220524-p5ao1a.html, 2022-05-27, The Sydney Morning Herald, en, 27 May 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220527000122/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/bungee-jumping-for-intellectuals-antony-green-on-elections-and-what-he-s-doing-next-20220524-p5ao1a.html, live,

Career

Green first appeared on the ABC’s election-night television coverage in the 1991 New South Wales election,WEB, 2022-05-20, ‘Technically more difficult’: ABC analyst Antony Green on the challenges of calling the 2022 election,www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/21/technically-more-difficult-abc-analyst-antony-green-on-the-challenges-of-calling-the-2022-election, 2022-05-21, the Guardian, en, 21 May 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220521010606/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/21/technically-more-difficult-abc-analyst-antony-green-on-the-challenges-of-calling-the-2022-election, live, following with the federal election in 1993.WEB,www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2010/guide/antony_green.htm, Antony Green, 2010 South Australian Election, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 27 April 2010,www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2010/guide/antony_green.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20100421041630www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2010/guide/antony_green.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20100421041630www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2010/guide/antony_green.htm, 21 April 2010, live, {{As of|2023}}, he had analysed over 70{{nbsp}}Australian elections at the territory, state and federal level for the ABC, starting with the 1989 Queensland state election to the 2023 New South Wales state election.WEB, O’Brien, Kerrie, 2022-05-26, ‘Bungee jumping for intellectuals’: Antony Green on elections and what he’s doing next,www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/bungee-jumping-for-intellectuals-antony-green-on-elections-and-what-he-s-doing-next-20220524-p5ao1a.html, 2022-05-26, The Sydney Morning Herald, en, 27 May 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220527000122/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/bungee-jumping-for-intellectuals-antony-green-on-elections-and-what-he-s-doing-next-20220524-p5ao1a.html, live, He designed the computer system that he uses to display and predict election results based on automated result feeds from Australia’s electoral commissions.Green has also worked on elections from as far afield as Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom for the ABC.As the ABC’s Chief Election Analyst, Green is responsible for the content of its election website. He also has editorial responsibility for its data analysis and for their election-night results service. He is considered “the face of election night coverage”.WEB,www.abc.net.au/elections/antonygreen.htm, ABC Elections Antony Green, 22 September 2015, Australian Broadcasting Commission, 17 June 2016, 2 June 2016,www.abc.net.au/elections/antonygreen.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20160602105240www.abc.net.au/elections/antonygreen.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20160602105240www.abc.net.au/elections/antonygreen.htm, live, In time for the 2013 federal election campaign, Green helped introduce the voter engagement tool Vote Compass to the ABC website. It enables voters to gauge how their views align with candidates based on parties’ statements on issues and also provides Green and other analysts a dataset larger than traditional opinion polls.WEB,blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2013/03/introducing-vote-compass.html, Introducing Vote Compass, 28 March 2013, 17 June 2016, 31 March 2013,blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2013/03/introducing-vote-compass.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130331020328blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2013/03/introducing-vote-compass.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130331020328blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2013/03/introducing-vote-compass.html, live, WEB,votecompass.abc.net.au/, Federal Election 2016 Vote Compass, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 17 June 2016, 16 June 2016,web.archive.org/web/20160616204436/https://votecompass.abc.net.au/, live, Green also writes a comprehensive blog on electoral matters.Green has said that he tends not to do campaign commentary and that he “prefers to go into an election night with no preconceived view on the outcome and to just concentrate on understanding the data as it comes in”.NEWS, Leys, Nick, Ten questions: Antony Green,www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/media/ten-questions-antony-green/story-fna103qq-1226703738054, 26 August 2013, 17 June 2016, The Australian, In a 2015 interview, he explained that some of the work in preparation for his election night coverage can start years earlier—including building up the database with candidates, polling places and past results and calculating the impact of redistributions. He also recounted the realisation of his recurring nightmare of the power outage during the on air coverage of the 2010 Victorian state election.WEB,abcnewsgathering.tumblr.com/post/128694303461/how-abc-election-analyst-antony-green-prepares-for, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Backstory: how ABC election analyst Antony Green prepares for the vote count, 8 June 2017,web.archive.org/web/20180305013256/https://abcnewsgathering.tumblr.com/post/128694303461/how-abc-election-analyst-antony-green-prepares-for, 2018-03-05, unfit, In addition to analysing and commenting on elections for the ABC, Green writes election analysis for third-party media outlets such as The Sydney Morning HeraldWEB,www.google.com.au/search?q=site%3Asmh.com.au+%22Antony+Green%22, Antony Green on Sydney Morning Herald, Google Search, 27 April 2010, 18 April 2024,web.archive.org/web/20240418072346/https://www.google.com.au/search?q=site%3Asmh.com.au+%22Antony+Green%22&gws_rd=ssl, live, and CrikeyWEB,www.crikey.com.au/topic/antony-green/, Antony Green, Crikey, Private Media, 27 April 2010,www.crikey.com.au/topic/antony-green/," title="web.archive.org/web/20100328222446www.crikey.com.au/topic/antony-green/,">web.archive.org/web/20100328222446www.crikey.com.au/topic/antony-green/, 28 March 2010, live, and has appeared before the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters of the Australian Parliament urging reform of the ticket voting system used in Australian Senate elections.WEB,www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/em/elect04/subs.htm, Inquiry into the Conduct of the 2004 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto, Committee Secretariat, 27 September 2005, Submissions, Commonwealth of Australia, 27 April 2010, dead,www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/em/elect04/subs.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20100824110319www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/em/elect04/subs.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20100824110319www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/em/elect04/subs.htm, 24 August 2010, WEB,sites.google.com/site/melbcity/AntonyGreenJSCEM1b.pdf?attredirects=0, Problems with the Senate Counting System, Green, Antony, 23 July 2008, Extract of evidence from Mr Antony Green to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, Commonwealth of Australia, PDF, 1 July 2016, 15 October 2016,web.archive.org/web/20161015234232/https://sites.google.com/site/melbcity/AntonyGreenJSCEM1b.pdf?attredirects=0, live,

Honours

In 2014, the University of Sydney recognised Green with an Honorary Doctor of Letters.WEB,sydney.edu.au/arms/archives/history/honawardrecipients_2014_2015.pdf, 2015 honours award recipients, University of Sydney, 8 June 2017, 31 October 2017,sydney.edu.au/arms/archives/history/honawardrecipients_2014_2015.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20171031041537sydney.edu.au/arms/archives/history/honawardrecipients_2014_2015.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20171031041537sydney.edu.au/arms/archives/history/honawardrecipients_2014_2015.pdf, live, This was followed in 2015 by appointment as an Adjunct Professor in Sydney University’s Department of Government and International Relations, recognising Green’s work in the study of elections.WEB,wordvine.sydney.edu.au/files/1394/10033/, The University of Sydney - SSPS Newsletter, Wordvine.sydney.edu.au, 24 September 2015, 12 June 2017, 11 October 2016,web.archive.org/web/20161011144852/https://wordvine.sydney.edu.au/files/1394/10033/, live, In the Australian 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Green was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) “for distinguished service to the broadcast media as an analyst and commentator forstate and federal elections, and to the community as a key interpreter of Australiandemocracy.“WEB, Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia,www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2017/mnxi3_8skq/Media%20Notes%20-%20AO.pdf, www.gg.gov.au, 13 June 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170906041051/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2017/mnxi3_8skq/Media%20Notes%20-%20AO.pdf, 6 September 2017, dead,

Personal life

Green is an avid cyclist, taking long-distance biking trips mostly in Australia and Europe.WEB,www.bicyclingaustralia.com.au/news/australia-votes-cycling-with-abc-election-analyst-antony-green, Australia Votes: Cycling With ABC Election Analyst Antony Green, Maniaty, Peter, 17 May 2019, Bicycling Australia, 30 July 2020, 24 March 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200324044441/https://www.bicyclingaustralia.com.au/news/australia-votes-cycling-with-abc-election-analyst-antony-green, live, He is an ambassador for the Sydney Swans football club, a team in the AFL.WEB,www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/301109/swans-applaud-trio, Swans applaud trio, 13 June 2017, Sydney Swans, 30 July 2020, 23 March 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210323053526/https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/301109/swans-applaud-trio, live,

In popular culture

Green’s contribution to political analysis was celebrated in the song “Antony Green” in the musical Keating!, where he was represented as an animated character.WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM6zaSFFs1Y, Antony Green (song), Video from Keating!, video, 8 June 2017, 28 March 2015,web.archive.org/web/20150328072646/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM6zaSFFs1Y&gl=US&hl=en, live, WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq-Ax4WHOZ4, Keating! The {{sic, Mus, cial, y, 1993 Election.wmv|work=Video from Keating!|format=video|access-date=30 July 2020|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012033634www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq-Ax4WHOZ4&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}Green is referenced in the lyrics of the Canberra based band Helena Pop’s 2018 song “That’s One Strange Love”. “There goes Antony Green, welcoming the neo-liberal regime”.WEB, That’s One Strange Love, by Helena Pop,helenapop.bandcamp.com/track/thats-one-strange-love, Helena Pop, Bandcamp, 16 January 2024, en, 16 January 2024,web.archive.org/web/20240116065841/https://helenapop.bandcamp.com/track/thats-one-strange-love, live,

References

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External links

• Antony Green’s Election Blog
• Antony Green’s Election Blog Archive (ABC)
• Profile: Antony Green, ABC Election News Summary

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