This report explores how synthetic content produced by Generative AI poses risks to the core democratic values of truth, equality, and non-violence. It proposes two action plans for what private and public decision-makers should be doing to safeguard democratic integrity immediately, and in the long run.

This final report follows the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters’ interim report on the conduct of the 2022 election, tabled in June 2023.

In this book, leading scholars analyse the 2022 federal election from the ground up—focusing on the campaign issues, the actors involved, and the successes and failures of campaign strategy—and show how digital media, visual politics and fake news are changing the way politics is done.

This investigation set out to explore whether digital platforms remove electoral process misinformation when they are made aware of it via user-reporting.

This McKinnon Poll tested public attitudes towards electoral reform in Australia. Noting the advent of technological solutions and topical debates, the research sought information on how Australians understand the voting system as well as their views on online voting, political donations, and regulating truth in political advertising.