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Australia starts voting

Pre-poll centres open in Australia, with questions about whether the trend away from election day voting will continue.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 4 Comments 22 April 202524 April 2025

A Trump third term?

His second term is already a scene of chaos after less than three months, but Donald Trump keeps talking about the possibility of a third term.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, United States 2 Comments 17 April 2025

Field set in Australia

Nominations have closed for Australia's federal election and pre-poll voting starts next week.

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Compare yet again: Australia and Canada

Canada's Liberal government, written off last year, goes from strength to strength, in a way that Australia's Labor government hopes to copy.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, North America (ex-US), Political issues 2 Comments 4 April 202511 April 2025

France’s courts take a hand

France's far-right leader is hoping to emulate Donald Trump in turning a criminal conviction to political advantage.

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OK, let’s talk about tariffs

For a century and a half, being on the right generally meant you supported protectionism. Donald Trump means to bring back those days, if indeed they ever really went away.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 2 April 20259 April 2025

The teals and the heartland (WA edition)

The Western Australian opposition goes down to another heavy defeat, with possible implications for the Liberal Party's fight to reclaim its heartland seats.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 3 Comments 11 March 202525 March 2025

Election preview: Western Australia

Western Australia is set for a swing back towards the Coalition parties tomorrow, but not of the size that might win them government.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections 3 Comments 7 March 20257 March 2025

Support democracy in Victoria

Your chance to support the abolition of group voting tickets and a more democratic upper house for Victoria.

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Australia day, yet again

It's Australia Day again. Not everyone likes it, but for some, that's its big selling point.

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