Incoming electoral reforms will cap the amounts parties can spend on election campaigning, but it’s still far too high. Here’s what the rules should be instead.
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For once, it could serve the interests of the governing party to change the voting rules.
The history of electoral reform in NZ is full of policy surprises. But the prime minister’s latest announcement still makes little political sense.
Canadians should push for more than immediate byelections after floor crossings to strengthen the country’s democracy — they should turn their attention once again to broader electoral reform.
Nigeria’s new electoral act doesn’t tackle some of the real problems of electoral governance.
While voter turnout may not decide who wins the election, it will reflect how credible the electoral process is perceived.
More choice can also mean greater opportunity to be heard.
Very few voters trust (or even like) politicians, so it’s hard to imagine a world where the government would create more, but Don Farrell may well try.
Proportional voting is, at least philosophically speaking, the best electoral system.
Amid heightened concern about the current state of democracy around the globe, we need to better understand the attitudes and motivations of politicians.
It’s not impossible, but don’t expect a change before the next election.
The new politIcal donation laws will have a dramatic affect on how federal elections are funded in Australia. Could they entrench the major parties and compromise our democracy?
The Albanese government has secured bipartisan support for a major new regime covering electoral donations and spending, after making significant concessions.
A loophole in the Electoral Act means it’s perfectly legal to lie to voters – as long as it doesn’t happen during official election campaigns.
A new electoral system in Canada could help curb polarization, ensure fairer representation and transform Canadian democracy for the better.
An attempt by the Liberals to insert a legal time bomb into the electoral reform and a Labor proposal that would give the ACTU a generous donation cap were main reasons a deal on the bill imploded.
In 2024’s final parliamentary sitting, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reverted to a role he played in Julia Gillard’s government after he personally intervened to get Labor’s legislation passed.
On this podcast we are talking with Special Minister of State Don Farrell about the changes to political donation laws and the criticisms.
In a government that puts ministers on show until people are sick of seeing their faces, Don Farrell is a man with hardly a public profile.
The delay is because of the significant and complicated drafting of the legislation and, in particular, obtaining further advice on the constitutionality of the spending caps.
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