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
Australian seat redistribution shifts future parliamentary balance of power
A looming redistribution of parliamentary seats between the Australian states has demonstrated that small changes have large consequences, with the national Opposition Labor Party set to yield a net four-seat … Continue reading
Australian electoral roll tops 16 million after marriage vote enrolment surge
The Australian electoral roll has surged to its highest and most complete level ever, in time for the planned national survey of views on marriage equality scheduled to commence in … Continue reading
Publisher calls for weighted vote system for Australian Parliament
Voters should maintain a direct and dynamic online relationship with professional parliamentarians, who would exercise weighted voting power in parliament according to how many supporters they maintain, according to a … Continue reading
Australian dual citizenship rules could distort composition of Parliament
Australia’s late 19th-century constitutional bar on duel citizenships, combined with more modern 20th and 21st century national approaches to the notion of citizenship, threatens to make the Australian Parliament increasingly … Continue reading
Dual citizenship crisis roils Australian Parliament
Australia’s constitutional rules relating to eligibility for parliamentary election are wreaking havoc across the current Parliament. Two senators have already resigned, and three more parliamentarians have been referred to the … Continue reading
Australian eligibility laws claim another member of parliament
Australia’s constitutional limits on who can be a candidate for election have struck again, causing one of the more experienced of the Greens Senators to give up his seat in … Continue reading
New party steals votes from South Australians
A newly formed Australian political party has taken possession of three elected positions in Australian parliaments, despite never having faced the voters. Earlier this year Australian Senator Cory Bernardi walked … Continue reading
Legal ruling means original voter ballots will determine new Senator
The new Senator to replace Bob Day, who left the Australian Senate late last year, will be determined by a recount of the ballots from the July 2016 election, after … Continue reading
Who gets to choose – voters or party officials?
A vacancy in the Australian Senate exists – for one of the 12 representatives elected by voters in the state of South Australia – and the nation’s High Court will … Continue reading
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