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Special Minister of State Mathias Cormann explains the changes to the government's Senate voting reforms.
The government is making a major change to its legislation to reform the Senate voting system after a recommendation from a brief parliamentary inquiry.
A suggested constitutional challenge to the Senate reforms through the High Court is unlikely to succeed.
The Greens’ agreement to Senate voting changes has sparked a potential preselection battle between the party’s two South Australian senators.
A former official of the Australian Electoral Commission, Michael Maley, has attacked the government’s planned reform of Senate voting as internally inconsistent.
The release of the defence white paper this week revealed plans to substantially increase Australia’s military spending over the next two decades.
Australia’s political system would be better off with more ordinary people and fewer career party politicians in the Senate. It would thus be more representative of ordinary Australians, not less.
Labor’s unconvincing performance on Senate voting reform reached new levels with the extraordinary speech by frontbencher Gary Gray in parliament on Wednesday. Labor this week has been going through contortions…
Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm says the government has been appallingly bad at negotiating with the crossbench.
Family First senator Bob Day is set to propose an amendment to the legislation changing the Senate voting system that would prevent the government using the new rules in a double dissolution.
The government has announced changes to the Senate electoral system. The group voting ticket has been abandoned, and instead voters will need to number at least six groups above the line. However, there…
What are the government’s proposed changes to the way the Senate is elected? And how will they affect us as voters?
The government is set to secure reforms to the Senate voting system that will squeeze out micro-players.
Those who do understand the Senate voting system have the potential to wield some influence both in its conduct and in debates about how it might be reformed.
Malcolm Turnbull is fond of saying that we need to be less risk averse. Now the question is whether he will follow his own advice. He is waving around the possibility of a double dissolution in early July…
While the government boasts about engaging the community on the tax issue, it has avoided public debate as it seeks to muster the numbers for voting changes that would have sweeping implications for the…
Reform to how Australia’s Senate is elected should happen – but only if it genuinely strengthens voters’ rights.
The polling sends a strong message: Malcolm Turnbull starts his prime ministership with people wanting to think the best of him. Essential has found people believe Turnbull is intelligent (81%), hardworking…
The Senate is not a root cause, but part of a long list of symptoms that indicate Australia’s political system is increasingly unfit for purpose in the 21st century.
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