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How people elect parliaments

In memoriam: leading Australian electoral reformer passes away

One of the architects of the leading-edge electoral system used to elect the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, Canberra resident Boguslaw (Bogey) Musidlak, passed away last week. Musidlak, 63, was … Continue reading

September 4, 2017 · 2 Comments

Forecasting the 2016 ACT election

The Australian Capital Territory will elect it’s 9th Legislative Assembly in October this year. The Assembly will be expanded for the first time to 25 seats. This means new electoral … Continue reading

January 22, 2016 · Leave a comment

ACT 2016: Has Labor given the Liberals a chance?

In the ACT, the Labor-Greens loose coalition goes into the 2016 election attempting to secure a 5th term of government (well, for Labor, at least…the coalition has existed for only … Continue reading

January 22, 2016 · Leave a comment