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Books & Arts Sylvia Martin 1 October 2018 Australian suffragettes played a sometimes flamboyant role in the fight for the vote, at home and in Britain
National Affairs Ian Watson 14 September 2018 The short answer is yes, but the long answer is more complicated National Affairs James Murphy 28 March 2018 By the time a new lord mayor is elected in May, quite a few electors will have voted twice National Affairs Peter Brent 2 February 2018 Conventional wisdom advises against holding referendums at election time. Conventional wisdom is wrong National Affairs Tim Colebatch 14 December 2017 The detailed figures are out at last, and they confirm that One Nation’s preferences barely mattered
National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 19 November 2017 Perhaps the most interesting results of the marriage-equality survey were to be seen outside the eastern capitals
National Affairs Peter Brent 15 November 2017 Both votes are a test for the government, but the second has suddenly become less predictable National Affairs Peter Brent 30 October 2017 How-to-vote cards will play a key role in determining next month’s election result in Queensland National Affairs Peter Brent 1 September 2017 More young Australians are enrolled to vote than ever before. But will this have the impact Labor and the Greens are hoping for? National Affairs Peter Brent 10 August 2017 Could one divisive figure decide the result?
National Affairs Paul Rodan 26 May 2017 Fifty years ago this weekend, Australians voted on two constitutional changes. One of them was defeated, and that’s still influencing election results today
National Affairs Peter Brent 19 April 2017 How should authorities deal with a fast-growing electoral roll that hasn’t translated into a comparable lift in voting? National Affairs Peter Brent 27 January 2017 Translating the national vote into a fair election result shouldn’t be too hard. But neither the United States nor Australia has cracked it International Tom Greenwell 15 November 2016 Votes across America to increase the minimum wage may point the way forward National Affairs Kerry Ryan 11 July 2016 The long festival of democracy took Kerry Ryan to – where else? – Old Parliament House
National Affairs Peter Brent 2 July 2016 There’s still plenty of uncertainty in the details, but Peter Brent takes a punt on the House of Representatives numbers
National Affairs Kerry Ryan 28 June 2016 Vote early and vote often, the old adage goes. Voters are taking at least the first part to heart, writes Kerry Ryan National Affairs Peter Brent 9 June 2016 New figures show a significant rise in the proportion of Australians enrolled to vote. Peter Brent looks at how and why International Lesley Russell 20 April 2016 Discriminatory rules, long queues, gerrymandered boundaries: the decentralised US election machinery doesn’t serve voters well Podcasts Peter Clarke 16 May 2014 Senate voting needs to be simpler and more transparent. Brian Costar talks to Peter Clarke about a plan to fix the system, and looks at the politics of the federal budget
National Affairs Peter Brent 28 November 2013 Are Queensland’s planned voter identification requirements a fair thing? National Affairs Brian Costar & Peter Browne 28 September 2010 Despite vast differences in the way elections are run in the US and Australia, we have one thing in common – allegations of voter fraud. But where is the evidence?