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 ...

The overseas e-voting system used in the Australia Capital Territory contained various flaws as recent as last year, according to an Australian National University (ANU) cryptographer. The ANU ...

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.

It doesn’t matter who gets in, the whole system is broken. You vote for someone, but it doesn’t matter who gets in they all line their own pockets. “Our pay has gone down.

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.

Compulsory voting has a century-long history in this country. Not only is it a durable feature of Australian democracy, but it is universally applied. Whenever an election is called, whether it be ...

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 ...

Political strategizing brought compulsory voting to Australia. In 1915, the state of Queensland was the first place in the country to introduce the system. The conservative government thought the ...

The preferential voting system provides a safety net for the public’s experiments. The Australian public is engaged in a long term project to reshape the country’s political landscape to ...

"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 ...