April 25 1896 was a significant date in the history of women’s legal rights in Australia. Two things happened on this day: ...

Veteran ABC election analyst Antony Green says the South Australian election may have delivered one of the most extraordinary results seen under the preferential voting system.

The Labor Party has been re-elected in South Australia, while One Nation appears to have achieved its best electoral result ...

In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Tom Rogers, who was the Australian Electoral Commissioner from 2014 to 2024. They spoke about the structure of Australian elections, how ...

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese made headlines after being re-elected as Australian prime minister in a landslide vote, becoming the first in over two decades to hold a second consecutive term.

E-voting, justifiably, scares a lot of computer security experts. If a hacker steals your payment card details, it's a time-consuming annoyance - but it doesn't influence democracy. That's, in part, ...

Independent MP for Kooyong Monique Ryan has vowed to introduce another bill to parliament pushing for a lowering of Australia's minimum voting age, after the United Kingdom reduced its voting age from ...

A government push to lower Australia's voting age to 16 is gaining momentum after a once-in-a-generation law allowing older teenagers to vote was passed in Britain. Politicians in Australia have ...

Pauline Hanson’s party will have at least two seats in the upper house and at least one and likely more in the lower house ...