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Norm Kelly

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Protecting democracy in Australia
A great result for the pollsters
Two ticks, not so easy

New Zealand's voting system means that predicting a winner is never simple

WA election: "One vote, one value" yields unexpected results
Steps in the right direction, despite political footwork
The Democratic Audit's electoral reform agenda

The election of a new government means an opportunity to fix some of the things that have been going wrong with Australia's electoral system

Australia's electoral management bodies: degrees of independence

This paper provides insight into the independence of the eight state, territory and federal electoral commissions (and one remaining office), with an emphasis on appointments, budgeting, and relationships between commissioners, ministers and parliaments

MPs incumbency benefits keep growing

In the wake of the latest increase in the printing allowance for federal MPs, Norm Kelly of the Democratic Audit of Australia, criticises both the accumulation of incumbency benefits and rules that allow the use of parliamentary allowances for partisan purposes

Incumbent MPs load up the gravy train

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