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Democracy & Accountability

  • OPINION

    Changes to Australian election laws have a major party skew

    Bill Browne

    Recent and proposed changes to electoral laws at both the national and state levels risk perverse and unfair outcomes. Sometimes these are called “unintended consequences”, but that is too generous to politicians who are often fully aware of what they are doing.

    Bill Browne
    Democracy & Accountability
    Changes to Australian election laws have a major party skew
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Minns Government to cap election poster sizes but stops short of six-sign limit

    By Tegan George

    The NSW Government has committed to restricting the size of election posters but stopped short of committing to a proposed six-sign limit within 100 metres of polling booths ahead of the March 2027 state election.

    Democracy & Accountability
    Minns Government to cap election poster sizes but stops short of six-sign limit
  • OPINION

    ‘Very, very stupid debate’: How we’re being played for mugs

    Amy Remeikis

    It’s probably best for most people’s mental health that they are not forced to consider the hypocritical and ever-shifting grasping positions of Australian politics. For the most part, politics has the power to do good. Also for the most part, the way politics in Australia is played is very, very stupid.

    Amy Remeikis
    Democracy & Accountability
    ‘Very, very stupid debate’: How we’re being played for mugs
  • PODCASTFollow the Money

    Is a ‘blue wave’ coming at the US midterms?

    International AffairsDemocracy & Accountability
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    Is a ‘blue wave’ coming at the US midterms?
  • WHAT'S NEW

    ‘Business as usual is not an option’: Phil Haines calls for kinder politics

    By Tegan George

    Phil Haines wants the alleged attack on his wife, independent MP Helen Haines, to mean something, urging Australia’s political leaders to turn tragedy into a catalyst for change.

    Democracy & Accountability
    ‘Business as usual is not an option’: Phil Haines calls for kinder politics
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Nine MPs to receive security upgrades in wake of alleged attack on Helen Haines

    By Tegan George

    Security upgrades will be fast-tracked at electorate offices of at least nine MPs in the wake of the alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines, as new figures expose the torrent of online abuse and death threats directed at Australian politicians.

    Democracy & Accountability
    Nine MPs to receive security upgrades in wake of alleged attack on Helen Haines
  • OPINION

    It's not just political rhetoric that's boiling over 

    Fiona Katauskas

    Fiona Katauskas
    Democracy & Accountability
    It's not just political rhetoric that's boiling over 
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Tributes flow for Helen Haines, hailed as a ‘force for change’

    By Amy Remeikis & Tegan George

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led tributes to Dr Haines in Parliament on Monday, saying the shock from what happened last week was “like a stone in our hearts”.

    Democracy & Accountability
    Tributes flow for Helen Haines, hailed as a ‘force for change’
  • VIDEO

    No place for violence in Australian democracy | Follow the Money

    On this episode of Follow the Money, Amy Remeikis, Greg Jericho and Ebony Bennett discuss violence, decency and dissent in Australia’s democracy following the alleged violent attack on Dr Helen Haines MP, who remains in critical condition in hospital.

    Democracy & Accountability
    No place for violence in Australian democracy | Follow the Money
  • PODCAST

    What's the point of Senate Estimates?

    Democracy & Accountability
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    What's the point of Senate Estimates?

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