Australia must go to the polls to vote in a referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Some of us have never voted in a referendum, here’s what you need to know.
In this podcast, Michelle and Minister of State Don Farrell discuss the governments sweeping changes to electoral laws, countering misinformation and what now for the Housing Australia Future Fund
The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, in its interim report tabled on Monday, recommends donation and spending caps apply to third parties and associated entities.
Having most Australian adults gather at polling booths seems like a COVID disaster waiting to happen. What measures are in place and how can you limit your risk?
As for his racism and anti-Semitism, Bean’s attitudes on race changed in later years. He conceded he’d been wrong about Monash. In the 1940s he supported the idea of a Jewish refuge in Australia.
The annual February festival of lampooning the largest visible donor lulls Australians into a false sense of security that there is a functioning political donations disclosure regime in place.
Michael Courts, The Conversation e Wes Mountain, The Conversation
Check out our interactives showing the total donations to Australia’s major parties in 2015-16, who the biggest donors to the parties were, and how donations to parties have changed in recent years.