The Conservatives campaigned against changing the voting system in 2011, but it could have saved them from a potential wipeout at this election.
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From Bill Shorten to Kristina Keneally, our experts break down Labor’s new shadow ministry – who’s in, who’s been promoted, and who faces the greatest challenges in their new roles
Scott Morrison’s new ministry includes a few new faces and several new roles for familiar cabinet members. Our experts take a closer look at each portfolio.
Simply giving the Commonwealth more power won’t fix the Murray-Darling Basin crisis.
The reason for the constant struggle for funding between the states and federal government relates back to the constitution.
While Australians finally have some detail of the proposed plebiscite on same-sex marriage, there is no guarantee that the question will be put to the people on February 11 next year.
There is nothing in the Constitution to deal with the situation in which neither side can form a majority government.
What is a double-dissolution election? How does it differ from an ordinary election? And why the rush after the budget?
We asked our experts to appraise the political and policy performances of the federal cabinet and shadow cabinet.
After many weeks of speculation, the government has laid down the challenge for the Senate and smoothed the path for a double-dissolution election.
Cyclists have voiced their opposition to some aspects of the Go Together package to ensure their safety on NSW roads.
It is easy to envisage a number of arguments that MPs might use in an attempt to justify ignoring the result of a same-sex marriage plebiscite and voting contrary to its result.
Given the Governor-General usually acts on the advice of the government and its ministers, an address from the Senate on Dyson Heydon is unlikely to have any effect.
The legislative reform required to allow same-sex marriage is not complicated. There is relative consensus as to how this can be achieved.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott caused quite a stir when he re-established the appointment of knights and dames under the Order of Australia early in 2014. For this to occur, no law needed to be passed. Instead…
The Australian Constitution says residents have the right to water from the rivers for irrigation and conservation purposes but governments have brought in laws that are restricting this – One Nation’s…
In May 2013, Michael Suve McDonald beat to death Lana Towers, his partner of eight years and the mother of their two children. In what is thought to be a world first, the South Australian Commissioner…
Like most Australians, I will be staying up late to watch our country play in the FIFA World Cup. But I will also be watching the other World Cup. We’re being bombarded by pre-publicity for the Football…
In the days since the Abbott government released its first budget, the Labor Party, the Greens and the Palmer United Party have all said they will block parts of it in the Senate. Threats to block the…
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