Daniel Wirls, University of California, Santa Cruz
Republicans were able to push through a tax plan and a flurry of judicial nominees after the Senate curtailed use of the filibuster. It’s time to go all the way.
Family First senator Bob Day, who has now resigned his Senate seat.
AAP/Sam Mooy
Changes to Senate voting laws and the particular case of Senator Bob Day make for an unprecedented constitutional tangle, and one that will change the make-up of the Senate.
In March, the government passed sweeping changes to the way Australians elect their senators.
AAP/Lukas Coch
One-third of people believe the next Senate should have more or the same number of crossbenchers, according to polling done for the Australia Institute.
According to polling, Nick Xenophon and his team are on track to secure about three Senate spots.
AAP/Mick Tsikas
The Senate reforms and a double-dissolution election means that it is difficult to predict who will be sitting in the upper house after July 2. But you can count on Nick Xenophon being there.
Natalie Mast speaks with 'Poll Bludger' William Bowe about how the election campaign has gone so far and what the Senate might look like as a result of changes to the voting method.
Greens leader Richard Di Natale (right) and Greens candidate for Grayndler Jim Casey are eyeing off the inner-Sydney seat.
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With the election result almost certain to be close, preferencing will play a key role, leaving the progressive parties in particular in a difficult bind.
Family First senator Bob Day unsuccessfully challenged the government’s changes to the way senators are elected.
AAP/Sam Mooy
The conventional wisdom is that Bob Hawke’s 1984 election was too long and almost disastrous, and therefore not to be repeated. But the times are very different now.
Nick Xenophon brought his own tactics to the Senate’s ‘sleepover’ session.
Office of Nick Xenophon
After a marathon debate the Senate has passed the government’s comprehensive rewriting of the upper house voting system, designed to limit the prospect of “micro” players being elected.
What does a formal ballot look like after the government’s Senate voting changes?
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Ricky Muir from the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party this week made an unsuccessful last roll of the dice to try to delay the government's Senate voting reform legislation.
Labor will not support moves to recall the Senate but Bill Shorten reaffirmed that Labor would not block supply.
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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has said Labor would not support an early recall of the Senate, further complicating the situation if the government wants to call a double dissolution.
Already on the hustings: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull takes a selfie with locals at Torrensville, South Australia.
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