President Macky Sall salutes supporters after he was named candidate for the 2012 presidential elections.
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Senegal enters uncharted territory as for the first time in contemporary history, no single coalition won an outright majority in parliament.
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Legislation must be created to ensure that Scott Morrison’s secretive ministerial power grab never happens again
House of Representatives members arrive in the Senate chamber during the opening of parliament last month.
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There’s a simple way to give territorians better representation – and the time is ripe.
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When Max Chandler-Mather rose to speak in question time, he was criticised for not wearing a tie. But Australian men have been going tie-less for decades.
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New research looked at similar laws in Victoria and around the world. The Albanese government must learn from their successes and failures.
Premier Mark McGowan (left) with Anthony Albanese at Labor’s federal campaign launch in Perth last month.
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How does democracy cope with a huge imbalance in parliament?
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The government seems unaware that independent MPs carry an enormous workload
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The Parliamentary Library would certainly benefit from more funding, but the Parliamentary Budget Office urgently needs a wider brief and greater independence
The Independence Arch in Accra represents Ghana’s democracy.
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Ghana’s civil society has contributed to taming the power of a strong state.
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Changing Parliamentary culture means party leaders can no longer rely on backbench support.
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It may feel like a subplot for now, but this could end up being just be as significant as the teal revolution.
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MPs were more likely than the general population to drink at least ten units of alcohol on a typical drinking day.
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There are many factors at play including outdated preselection processes at local levels and a lack of targeted efforts by major parties beyond tokenism.
Oliver Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament.
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First uttered by Oliver Cromwell, the words David Davis used to ask Boris Johnson to step down have a storied past.
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NDAs are increasingly used against employees who make complaints about discrimination and harassment. This practice needs to end.
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Andrew Wallace has been appointed to the increasingly important role of speaker of the House of Representatives.
Introduced in the early weeks of the pandemic, the Coronavirus Act 2020 gave the government sweeping powers across a range of areas.
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The ‘safeguard’ reviews have been largely ineffective in scrutinising the powers.
Our first-past-the-post electoral system works poorly when there are lots of three-way races and even some four-way races. Seats can be won with far less than a majority, meaning it’s time to revisit electoral reform.
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New research offers a new electoral system that can deliver proportionality and even enhance local representation.
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Parties strive for gender equality in preselecting candidates. But if they select more women than men in marginal seats, this isn’t true equality — it’s ticking a box.
Students protesting at a climate rally in Berlin, Germany, March 2019.
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When contacting your political representative about climate change, messages that show you’ve made effort and those that have a personal touch can be more persuasive.