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Election preview: South Australia

South Australians go to the polls, with little reason to think that the electoral system will reflect their wishes.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 1 Comment 16 March 2018

Election preview: Tasmania

A Liberal government with a reduced majority looks the most likely outcome from Saturday's state election.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 1 Comment 1 March 2018

An update on Green support

It's time to have another look at what's been happening to the Green vote. Unfortunately, it depends a bit on what you're trying to measure.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 3 Comments 16 February 2018

What is a country?

Appeasement of China on the travel front opens some interesting questions about what should count as a country.

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Charles Richardson Australia, East Asia, Political issues 2 Comments 18 January 201824 December 2020

2017 in review

A review of the big elections of the last year and the current state of the "populist" threat.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Australia, East Asia, Elections, Europe, Latin America, Media, Oceania, Political issues, Referenda, United States 5 Comments 2 January 201830 December 2018

One last word about Queensland

Let's have a final look at how One Nation influenced the Queensland election. It's not at all what certain pundits would have you believe.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 1 Comment 19 December 2017

Fascist soufflé doesn’t rise twice

Queensland's Liberal National Party finally concedes defeat. Labor's victory was less than fully convincing, but it was a major flop for One Nation.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 5 Comments 8 December 2017

Liberals confront Greens on two continents

Both German Liberals and Australian "Liberals" are finding their lives complicated by the need to work out some sort of relationship with the Greens.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Party matters, Political issues, Referenda 19 Comments 21 November 201726 June 2018

Do we really have to go through this again?

So the Coalition no longer has a majority in the House of Representatives. Here's why that's no big deal.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Political issues 5 Comments 13 November 201727 January 2022

A very quick election roundup

An occasional feature. This week, Czechia, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Australia and Catalonia.

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