The ALP's reluctance to co-operate with the Greens finds a stronger echo in the UK, where the electoral system makes cut-throat competition even more deadly.
Category: Electoral law
More caution at the Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court makes another effort to salvage some of its reputation by rejecting a pet right-wing argument about judicial review.
Three continents, three elections
Reports from the weekend's three elections in West Africa, Southern Europe and Central America.
Finland & Greece
Finland has a new government with a prominent role for the far right, while Greece's failure to form a new government has led it to a dubious second election.
Democracy in Alabama?
A pivotal case in Alabama exposes the conceptual mess of America's jurisprudence on electoral representation.
Greece swings rightward
Greece's election was a bad result for the opinion polls, and looks like being a poor outcome for democracy as well.
Two election previews
East Timor and Greece go to the polls on Sunday, with incumbent governments in some peril in both.
Sunak loses locally
Local elections in England are a setback for Rishi Sunak's Conservatives, who face the voters in a general election next year.
An upset in Polynesia
French Polynesia elects a pro-independence majority for the first time, although the electoral system played a major role.
New South Wales wraps up
Final results from the New South Wales state election show that the new Labor government lacks a majority in both houses.
The World is Not Enough 