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Safe seats, shortchanged: why rural Australia bears the brunt of pork-barrelling

Rural and regional Australia is chronically underfunded. From healthcare and education to public transport and community infrastructure, living outside a capital city too often means having to settle for poorer services.

The Conversation · Nov 10

Victoria’s 2026 state election could have ‘great consequences’ for politics across Australia. What do voters need to know?

Labor is chasing a fourth consecutive term and the Liberals are hoping for a breakthrough – but could One Nation end up with the balance of power?

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28

Coalition MP calls for rethink of pre-poll voting amid heightened security concerns in wake of Haines incident

Queensland MP Garth Hamilton says he has ‘witnessed three interactions between cars and people at pre-poll, two accidental’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 27

Meta’s oversight board to review allegedly misleading Facebook posts from lead-up to Indigenous voice referendum

Two removed posts showed screenshots of tweets shared by Australian Electoral Commission about voting multiple times

The Guardian - AU · Feb 9, 2024

‘Hi it’s Jacinta Price’: Liberal anti-voice mass text campaign branded ‘deceptive’ by teals

Australian Electoral Commission says texts purporting to be from no campaign leader are legal, but MPs say they are ‘predatory’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2023

Expertise v 10-point arguments: how the 'yes' and 'no' camps have sold their messages

The Australian Electoral Commission has just published the “yes” and “no” pamphlets for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum.

The Conversation · Jul 18, 2023

Voice to Parliament mock referendum hoped to improve lagging Aboriginal enrolment rate

Western Australia has the lowest rate of Aboriginal voter enrolment in the country. A trial to increase that number could soon roll out nationally.

ABC News · Jun 5, 2023

How we can avoid political misinformation in the lead-up to the Voice referendum

The Australian Electoral Commission has launched a website aimed at rebutting disinformation. This is a timely change, as we are seeing an increase of both disinformation and misinformation being spread about the First Nations Voice to Parliament.

The Conversation · Jun 5, 2023

Senior election official queries access to voter rolls

The Australian Electoral Commission's deputy commissioner says he's losing sleep over some independent candidates having access to voter information.

AAP · Mar 8, 2023

Labor’s bill to ditch public funding for voice campaigns backed by review but Coalition dissents

Five dissenters in parliamentary committee say they are concerned about ‘trickery or rigging the system’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 13, 2023