Research shows Australians are increasingly drifting away from the major parties. Can independent candidates capitalise on this?
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The Greens will be defending a record four lower house seats at the election. Here are their chances in another five seats they are targeting across the country.
The surge of successful independent MPs at the 2022 election shows no sign of changing – and in fact may grow more powerful still.
We asked thousands of people what issues are most important to them. While the top priorities are the same as in 2022, if we look a bit deeper, what Australians care about is shifting.
Given the damage to the Liberal “brand” in recent years, the opposition leader faces an arduous task in clawing back seats or winning new ones.
While most are still relatively new to federal politics, the teal independents have had a big impact on the way the country is run.
The vote demonstrated that the project of progressive politics in Australia remains brittle.
Among the more arresting figures are that Clive Palmer spent more than the Labor Party on the 2022 election, and for the first time since 2010, the party that had the biggest wallet didn’t win.
2022 has been a transformational year in Australian politics, with three significant elections and a distinct erosion of support for the two major parties, and particularly the Liberals.
In this podcast Michelle and Amanda Dunn review the year and discuss what's coming up in 2023
The 2022 federal election success of the teals and other community independents has been captured in three new books. How and why did they become a political force – and what might the future hold?
Australia has a long history of imaginative, even transformative, electoral politics – and a new book argues the 2022 federal election shows that spirit is still alive and well.
Oppositions have two key jobs: to hold the government to account and prepare to take office themselves. At the moment, Liberal oppositions are failing on both counts.
The latest Newspoll show Albanese’s net approval ratings are the highest for a prime minister since early in Malcolm Turnbull’s tenure.
We don’t yet know if Anthony Albanese’s pledge to do politics differently will hold. But the media will do a great disservice to Australians if they remain wedded to their old ways.
Preference flows from the 2022 federal election show changes to the flow to the ALP across the board.
The Coalition government had hoped that news of the boat would support its claim a Labor government would encourage the people smuggler trade, which would in turn sway some voters at the last moment.
Census and election data show the shift in demographics of the major parties’ voting bases.
This is an important win for the Albanese government, as it means it can pass legislation with the agreement of the Greens and one other.
With Senate results close to being finalised across the country, Labor will need the support of the Greens and one or two other senators to get legislation through the upper house.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Australian Political Studies, University of Canberra
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University
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Emeritus Professor of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University
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Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Emeritus Professor of Politics, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
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Distinguished Fellow, PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University
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Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, The University of Queensland