Last weekend's Dunkley by-election has thrown up some myths that are badly in need of deflating.
Category: Australia
By-election preview: Dunkley
Voters in the Frankston area go to the polls tomorrow in a by-election that has had plenty of attention from the Australian media.
Tasmania repeats
Tasmania's premier follows the same script as his predecessor and calls an early election.
Death of a journalist
Australian political journalism loses one of its stalwarts in Tim Colebatch.
EU loses a president
The European Union is looking for a new head of state, exposing some of the strangeness of its constitutional arrangements.
Bougainville still waiting
Four years after its near-unanimous referendum, Bougainville is still waiting for its independence.
The changing role of preferences
Recommending a paper on the changing effect of Australia's electoral system with the rise of independents and third parties.
Territory representation, yet again
The federal government, via a parliamentary committee, suggests increased Senate representation for the territories. Here's why that's a bad idea.
A referendum post-mortem
Detailed results from Australia's Voice referendum show the extent of the realignment that has taken place since 1999.
Australia says No
Australia's Indigenous Voice referendum goes down to the expected heavy defeat. There's plenty of blame to go around, and no-one emerges with much credit.
The World is Not Enough 