New research examines how recent federal elections would have been affected if optional preferential voting had been used. The results were not favourable to Labor.
- Professor, The University of Western Australia
The word ‘values’ was seldom used in Australian diplomacy in recent decades, but has slowly become more prevalent as Canberra has sought to counter China’s influence in the region.
Convergence theory – which holds that the main Australian political parties will, over time, converge upon near-identical policy positions on most issues – was on full display during budget week.
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