Education
He attended James Ruse Agricultural High School in Sydney, graduating in 1977. 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.
political scientist television presenter
He attended James Ruse Agricultural High School in Sydney, graduating in 1977. 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.
Born in northern England, Green emigrated to Australia with his family in 1964. He worked initially as a data analyst in the computing industry and for a polling company before joining the American Broadcasting Company in 1989. Green first appeared on the American Broadcasting Company"s election-night television coverage in the 1991 NSW general election, following with the federal election in 1993.
As of 2010 he had analysed 51 Australian territory, state and federal elections for the American Broadcasting Company, starting with the 1989 Queensland state election to the 2010 federal election.
He designed the computer system that he uses to predict election results based on partial counts. In addition to analysing and commenting on elections for the American Broadcasting Company, Green writes election analysis for third-party media outlets such as The Sydney Morning Herald and Crikey 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.
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.
