The system of group voting tickets in Victoria seems to be finally on the way out, although a parliamentary inquiry has failed to agree on deeper structural reform.
Category: Constitutional law
A Remembrance Day compilation
Views over the years of the 1975 constitutional crisis.
More politicians?
Australia's government is thinking about increasing the size of federal parliament. The quality of representation needs to be traded off against various legal and practical considerations.
Coup plotters around the world
Brazil's former president is convicted of an attempted coup; similar charges are being brought in Romania, but the US's plotter remains at large.
Breakthrough in the South Pacific
Negotiations in Paris settle on a new constitutional status for New Caledonia, which students of the Australian constitution might find familiar.
EOFY loose ends
Ending the financial year with a roundup of recent developments in some long-running stories around the world.
Two governments fall
Dutch and Tasmanian governments are both forced back to the polls, showing some interesting similarities and differences.
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.
A president goes down
At least one rogue president is held accountable, with the constitutional court removing Yoon Suk-yeol from office in South Korea.
Europe, unsteadily, stands up
With the prospect of having to fend for themselves in a hostile world, Europe's leaders are preparing to put a lot more money into defence.
The World is Not Enough 