Some voters in Australia’s compulsory voting system purposefully spoil their ballots, but a new assessment suggests that most ...

April 25 1896 was a significant date in the history of women’s legal rights in Australia. Two things happened on this day: ...

In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Tom Rogers, who was the Australian Electoral Commissioner from 2014 to 2024. They spoke about the structure of Australian elections, how ...

Australia’s former federal election watchdog will investigate the state’s shambolic election operation and voting blunders.

E-voting, justifiably, scares a lot of computer security experts. If a hacker steals your payment card details, it's a time-consuming annoyance - but it doesn't influence democracy. That's, in part, ...

The Labor Party has been re-elected in South Australia, while One Nation appears to have achieved its best electoral result ...

Voting in council elections could become mandatory in Western Australia if the turnout for this weekend's poll continues to plummet, the local government minister has warned. Western Australians are ...

The South Australian state election will be held on March 21. Preferential voting will be used to elect members for all 47 single-member lower house seats. This is the same system as used for federal ...

Pauline Hanson’s party will have at least two seats in the upper house and at least one and likely more in the lower house ...

More than 45,000 Australian Education Union (AEU) members in Victoria—teachers, education support staff and principals in public schools—are being asked to vote in a protected industrial action ballot ...

The ALP was expected to easily win Saturday's election, but all eyes were on One Nation and whether it could meet polling expectations. With 2.1 per cent of ballots counted, ABC News said Labor had ...