Executive overview Australians have been let down by their political leaders, other members of parliament (MPs) and by the federal parliamentary committee system. This harsh assessment is the result of research into political donations laws in this country. In 2008, a 99-page Electoral Reform Green Paper: Donations, Funding and Expenditure was circulated by the then...

The national election pendulum might swing Labor’s way, but it’s in the states that the seats will be won AT THE last federal election, three years ago, the national two-party-preferred swing to the Coalition was 3.6 per cent. The two states that shifted the most were the only ones still run by Labor state governments...

With the major parties level-pegging, a defeat for the Coalition isn’t out of the question. So what would a Labor government look like? THE conventional wisdom is that there won’t be a Shorten Labor government. The opinion polls say it, the commentators say it, and the bookies are saying it. In the past fortnight, Labor’s...

In the lead up to the 2 July 2016 election, the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) is calling on all major political parties to address alcohol’s hidden harm.

There are seven reasons why the Coalition might think things are going well. And the same goes for Labor WHO will win the election on 2 July? With the first polls registering 50–50, the contest is competitive. The Coalition and Labor both have reasons to be optimistic – seven on each side, by my reckoning...