Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control Australians are clearly seeking something more complex from their political system. Something reflective of a society with array of ...

After this byelection, the Nationalist government introduced preferential voting, resulting in Labor losing the Corangamite byelection in 1918 to a Victorian Farmers candidate by 56.3–43.7, despite ...

David Crisafulli will change Queensland’s electoral system to optional preferential voting ahead of the next election in 2028, despite some experts saying it could be a “major own goal” for the LNP if ...

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The federal election is here, bringing Australia's preferential voting system into the spotlight. When voting in a federal election, citizens vote on two ballots – one for the House of Representatives ...

Does compulsory voting encourage turnout among voters in the “centre” with little interest in politics who would otherwise stay at home — or does it perhaps encourage political entrepreneurs such as ...

Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Minor party preference flows for the federal election ...