The Australian federal election season has begun and, before you head to the polls, here's a quick breakdown of how the Australian political system works so you can know exactly what you're voting ...

Australia has a preferential voting system, ... The ANU's Australian Election Study, which has run after every election since 1987, shows 56 per cent of people followed a how-to-vote card.

The Australian voting system is replete with hypocrisy. Voting before polling day is allowed with a valid excuse, but there is no check on the excuse. It is common knowledge that most people lie.

"If elections are held under the PR system, the preferred candidate in the parliamentary constituency will not be able to ...

Opinion. How Australia can fix America’s broken election system. Voters in seven US states will vote to adopt Australian-style preferential voting as electoral reformers try to move American ...

This is not my only issue with the electoral system, but I should say that Australian elections are well administered. The Australian Electoral Commission does an excellent job, is generally well ...

By this measure, Australia’s system is a disaster, particularly if we consider this latest federal result. The ALP received roughly 2.86 times the primary vote (aka, first preferences) of the ...

Preferential voting system ousts half a Liberal ministry of talent. Opposition Leader Sussan Ley could be forgiven for staring forlornly at the long list of frontbench-quality Liberals who have ...

Australia uses a ranked choice voting system, or preferential voting, as it is called in Australia. For the House of Representatives, voters need to number each candidate on the ballot in terms of ...

In 1918 Australian conservative politicians were confronted with a problem. Under the first past the post system used at the time, a 21-year-old Labor candidate won a by-election in Swan with 34.4 ...

Early voting in the Australian election began on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor party holding a slim lead over the conservative opposition coalition.

In a small-scale study, they asked 298 Australian voters if they would use a mobile-based e-voting system if it was made available. Of those, 75 per cent said yes and only 15 per cent said they ...