Australia’s undemocratic voting system works to funnel small parties’ preferences to the Coalition and Labor. Zane Alcorn argues that aproportional voting system in the House of Representatives would be more democratic.
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It’s a scary thought, butAnthony Albanese or Peter Dutton could be elected the next prime minister on a minority of votes. Blair Vidakovich reports.
The Scott Morrisonmultiple-portfolio saga is just the tip of thecredibility crisis plaguing politics.Sam Wainwright argues we need to look a lot further thanthe restoration ofWestminster conventions.
Backed by big business, mining companies and billionaires, Labor and the Coalition spent millions of dollars on political advertising to win votes, according to a new report by The Australia Institute.Isaac Nellistreports.
The defeat of the right-wing Scott Morrison government indicates people want change and that there is a strong mood to act on the climate crisis and inequality, argueSarah Hathway, Jacob Andrewartha and Sam Wainwright.
Here’s a novel idea: Instead of politicians voting themselves another pay rise, how about we give them a pay cut? A real pay cut. We ask them to do what a couple of million Australians are expected to do, week in and week out.
Carlo's Corner: Make that sheep Australian of the Year; plus Brexit, Corbyn and Boris Johnson's hair
Some weeks can bring mixed blessings. For instance, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull claimed a narrow victory for the Coalition in the federal election and on July 12 deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce was assaulted twice by a sheep on his farm.
One good thing about being out of the country for a while is not having to listen to the lies of the Coalition and Labor. We know that on every occasion they lie to get into power.
They take no responsibility for the carnage they cause in their quest to see who can be the biggest slaves to corporate Australia.
The Socialist Alliance is running myself, Susan Price, Sharlene Leroy-Dyer and Howard Byrnes in the NSW Senate. Peter Boyle is running for Tanya Plibersek's seat of Sydney.
As Brother Kev Carmody's song goes: “From little things big things grow”.
The cycle path known as the Iron Curtain Trail follows the boundary that separated east from west during the cold war period from 1947 to 1989. The 7650 kilometre route that stretches from north of Turkey to the Barents Sea, 400 kilometres inside the Arctic Circle, is not for the faint-hearted.
But such is the desperation of Syrian refugees that up to 20 people a month are using the route to get to the safety of the Norwegian town of Kirkenes on the Russian-Norwegian border. Here they make a formal request for asylum and are then flown to the capital Oslo for further processing.