Four countries where First Past the Post is dead and buriedAs a Halloween treat, we thought we’d have a spooky stroll around the graveyard of First Past the Post. Around the world, voters in country after country, tired of it’s tricks, have chosen to bury...Posted 31 Oct 2018
In Australia, as in the UK, the voting system is at breaking pointIn 2010 Australia delivered its first hung parliament since 1940. A seemingly freak one-off, the election followed a period of unrest in the incumbent Labor Party (ALP) who had replaced their Prime Minister Kevin Rudd after just...Posted 04 Jul 2016
Obvious Route for Australian Senate Reform IgnoredInterest in the Australian political system has been building over the last couple of weeks over a proposal to make some notable reforms to the electoral system for the Senate. Each of Australia’s six States...Posted 23 Feb 2016