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James Scullin’s prime ministership was ultimately cut short because, in the face of a great economic crisis, he did not appear to have a coherent plan.
Following the Turnbull government’s recent changes, Australia has new rules for electing senators. How will they work in practise?
Territorians will go to the polls for the next Northern Territory election only eight weeks after the July 2 election – blurring the lines between local controversies and how people vote federally.
One in 20 Australians voted for the Palmer United Party in 2013. Their votes will be crucial again – especially in Queensland, where ex-PUP senator Glenn Lazarus could be replaced by Pauline Hanson.
All three Tasmanian Liberal-held House of Representatives seats – Bass, Lyons and Braddon – will be critical to the election result.
At federal elections, voters must cast a preference for all candidates in their lower house seat. Failure to do so, or failure to give an ordinal list of preferences, renders the ballot informal.
Many people do not yet understand the new Senate voting rules, meaning many votes could be wasted at the upcoming federal election.
Nick Xenophon, the South Australian 'vote magnet', is making both the Coalition and Labor nervous.
The Nick Xenophon Team is to this election what the Palmer United Party was to the 2013 one. It is potentially the 'next big new thing' in the Senate.
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.
For those who might feel this election campaign will never end, it is worth revisiting why the voters are enduring eight weeks rather than the normal five. Calling a double dissolution – the specific circumstances…
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.
The number of members of the House of Representatives is variable. It is a result of a formula given in the Constitution.
The High Court regarded none of Bob Day’s arguments in his challenge to Senate voting reforms as having any merit.
7-Eleven’s decision to take charge of the compensation process for underpaid workers highlights the problems with voluntary commitments and underlines the need for increased legal accountability.
What is a double-dissolution election? How does it differ from an ordinary election? And why the rush after the budget?
To what extent would the ABCC and Registered Organisations bills actually deal with union corruption or criminality if passed?
After many weeks of speculation, the government has laid down the challenge for the Senate and smoothed the path for a double-dissolution election.
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.
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