Political parties are integral to the Australian political system, yet also largely absent from the Commonwealth Constitution itself. They are not entirely absent: a constitutional amendment in 1977 – ...
Mark Evans has received funding and in-kind support to complete democratic audits in the United Kingdom (Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust) and Australia (Museum of Australian Democracy at Old ...
Many members of the country's booming Chinese and South Asian migrant communities are keen to engage in the democratic system but do not fully understand how the Australian political system works, new ...
An emerging Australian political party is writing serious checks, demanding free university, no income tax for people under 25 years old, net zero and nuclear power, and drug decriminalization. And it ...
When politicians act like managers rather than representatives, accountability, transparency and scrutiny suffer.
The rise of “dark advertising” — personalized advertisements increasingly powered by artificial intelligence that evade public scrutiny — means Australians face a murky information landscape going ...