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Why does it all matter?

There's a mood for change in Australia, but it's not yet certain that it's different elements will mesh together well enough to unseat the Morrison government.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 20 May 20228 September 2022

Election preview: Australia

Australia's right-wing government is seeking re-election, and hoping that it can out-perform the opinion polls as it did last time.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 1 Comment 19 May 202220 May 2022

Ukraine does well at the polls

The war in Ukraine has led to a wave of strategic rethinking in Europe, with ripple effects in a German state election at the weekend.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Germany, Political issues, War and peace 4 Comments 16 May 2022

An incumbent falls at last

South Australia's government loses badly despite an apparently successful record in combating Covid-19. Are voters ready to move on to other things?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Political issues 4 Comments 21 March 202225 March 2022

February election roundup

Your monthly update of electoral news around the world: features Costa Rica, Australia, Spain and Switzerland.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Latin America, Political issues, Referenda, Spain 1 Comment 14 February 202216 February 2022

Seventy years on

Seventy years of an unusually successful monarch is worth celebrating. But it's also important to note how unusual it is.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Constitutional law, Europe 2 Comments 7 February 202220 April 2026

From the archives: the republic referendum

While we're still thinking about an Australian republic, here's a flashback to how the issue looked 22 years ago, in the aftermath of the referendum defeat.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Political issues, Referenda Leave a comment 21 January 202226 January 2022

Debating the republic, again

Australia's republican movement makes a bid for relevance with a new "model" for how a republic would work. It has some problems.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Political issues, Referenda 8 Comments 17 January 202226 January 2022

Johnson in extremis

The political obituaries for Boris Johnson are being written following his latest adverse encounter with the Covid rules. But he has survived near-death experiences before.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Europe, Party matters 1 Comment 14 January 202226 January 2022

Understanding preferences

Election year in Australia means more talk about preferences. Kevin Bonham is a vital resource for understanding what's going on.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Party matters 7 Comments 6 January 20227 January 2022

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