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Election preview: Queensland

Queensland goes to the polls on Saturday, with its Labor government looking in a good but not unassailable position for re-election.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 1 Comment 29 October 202029 October 2020

How good is proportional representation?

New Zealanders show that proportional representation doesn't mean you can't deliver clear results, as Jacinda Ardern's Labour government wins a landslide victory.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Oceania 12 Comments 19 October 2020

Into the final month

With a month to go till election day in the US, it's time for another look at what the polls are saying and how much that really tells us.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, United States 3 Comments 5 October 2020

Collective responsibility in New South Wales

A cabinet crisis in New South Wales demonstrates some truths about how responsible government works. It also shows that coalition politics in Australia is not quite what it seems.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Party matters, Political issues 2 Comments 11 September 202017 October 2024

September election roundup

Your semi-regular update on electoral news from around the world. This week, Jamaica, Montenegro, North Macedonia and the Northern Territory.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, North America (ex-US) Leave a comment 7 September 20207 September 2020

From the archives: reforming question time

Question time in parliament is badly in need of reform, and has been for a long time. Here's an inside view of how it looked 25 years ago.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Political issues 4 Comments 27 August 2020

Asymmetrical stacking

There are many similarities between the branch stacking scandals in the Liberal and Labor parties, but there's also an important difference that it's worth keeping sight of.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters 9 Comments 25 August 202026 January 2022

Third party flops in the Territory

Another Covid-influenced election produces a good result for the incumbents: the Northern Territory's Labor government is returned, and the new Territory Alliance performs poorly.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 3 Comments 24 August 202024 August 2020

Cartooning for a cause

Controversy this week about a cartoon exploiting racist and sexist themes, but it's important not to lose sight of the politics.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Media, Political issues, United States 13 Comments 20 August 202026 January 2022

Watching media that aren’t

The fact that something calls itself a media organisation doesn't mean that's what it really is. Media Watch last night gave us two clear examples.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Media, Political issues 3 Comments 11 August 202011 August 2020

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