Minor parties may benefit as COVID impacts voter preferences at this month's Queensland election.
Is the confidence Australians have in the impartiality of their electoral system being undermined by legislative changes which allow political parties to interpose themselves into the voting process?
Almost one in three voters cast their ballot for minor parties or independent candidates in the 2022 federal election, the...
Awaiting the official start of the 2022 campaign, published polls show Labor is comfortably ahead of the government. Pundits agree this year’s election is Albanese’s to lose, but predictions range along a spectrum from a Labor landslide to a narrow win, to a finely balanced hung parliament.
Dr Paul Williams analyses Queensland's unique political culture for a new book on the 2019 Australian federal election.
The analysis brings into stark focus the areas in which Australia’s parties are making headway — and those suffering from significant shortfalls.
People under 35 have been largely overlooked during the Queensland state election campaign, according to a Griffith University expert on...
The prospects of Australia securing a strong federal anti-corruption agency have taken a huge leap forward, with introduction of the Albanese government’s much awaited National Anti-Corruption Commission bill into federal parliament.
Unlike changes of leader, changes of government are comparatively rare at the Federal level. We can learn a great deal from the early decisions of a new government – what it changes and what it keeps; what lessons it has drawn from prior experience and from its opponents.
Study finds three out of four Australians concerned about climate change and support policies to limit potential impacts.
