Australia’s pro-globalisation consensus remains robust despite populist rhetoric. While the political right has grown more ...

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American electoral politics is not very “malleable” and can feel “set in stone,” in the words of three prominent political scientists. Australia, by contrast, has a rich history of improving its ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Momentum is building in Australia for electoral change that could see tiny single issue parties blamed for U.S.-style gridlock in the upper house senate squeezed out, clearing the ...

On the fraudulent pretext of protecting the electoral system from control by “billionaires,” the Australian Labor government, backed by the Liberal-National Coalition, is seeking to rush through ...

There are a lot of misconceptions about voting, particularly among marginalised groups. But these "democracy ambassadors" are ...

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We begin with one of the enduring oddities of the Australian electoral system - preferential voting. Vaunted by ...

The World Socialist Web Site is today publishing statements from electoral members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Australia opposing the Australian Electoral Commission’s (AEC) rejection of ...