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Brian Costar
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The Alsatia of candidate selection
It’s time to reform the preselection process, argues Brian Costar.
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Plebiscite plethora adds up to democratic deficit
Toowoomba’s water vote shows the potential risk in sending every issue to the people, write Peter Mares and Brian Costar.
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Was life meant to be easy at the AEC?
The Australian Electoral Commissioner has abruptly changed a long-standing policy, potentially preventing tens of thousands of Australians exercising their right to vote at federal elections, according to Brian Costar and Peter Browne.
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Queensland's authoritarian populist
In the end, Joh was the agent of his own political destruction, writes Brian Costar.
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Dealing with democratic deficits
Brian Costar looks at one product of South Australia’s novel constitutional reform process.