TY  - Report
AU  - John Uhr



PY  - 2000
T1  - Rules for Representation: Parliament and the Design of the Australian Electoral System
PB  - Parliamentary Library (Australia)


DO  - https://doi.org/APO-9104
UR  - https://apo.org.au/node/9104

AB  - This paper reviews the near-century of Parliamentary development of the Commonwealth electoral system: the 'rules for representation' devised by Parliament regulating the requirements of representation for the Senate and House of Representatives and the electoral process more generally. One of the few constants in this story is the frequency of change, as successive Parliaments have tinkered with electoral law and policy to accommodate changing priorities. Not surprisingly, the Australian solution is a fascinating comprise of democratic ideals and partisan deals.
ER  -