Events // Democracy & Accountability
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September 2024
Securing fairness and integrity in Australian elections
The influence of money on politics corrodes Australia’s democracy, overwhelmingly benefitting large corporations and wealthy individuals.
October 2024
How parliaments share power when no single party has majority control
When Australians elect a Parliament where no one party has majority control, the government must share power. Politicians and pundits have warned that minority governments would be “coalitions of chaos” or even have “diabolical” consequences – but Australians haven’t given any party a majority of the vote since 1975. Power-sharing parliaments are common, and are