The results of this study showed that, compared to all other respondents, Pacific respondents had lower levels of internal and external political efficacy, comparable rates of voting and campaign activism, less engagement in political discussion or persuasion, higher attention to the election campaign in the media, and generally lower levels of non-electoral participation.

This report presents 2012 data for performance indicators in the National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services. It includes measures of the extent to which states and territories met targets for emergency department lengths of stay of four hours or less, and for lengths of time spent waiting for elective surgery. It is being...

2013 is an election year and we know that domestic issues will dominate the campaign and decide our next prime minister. But, at a time when the world is confronting major changes, our foreign policy directions are hugely important, too. In the Wheeler Centre's first Fifth Estate for 2013, we’ll look at the foreign policy...

The electoral enrolment of immigrants is important for effective democracy. Electoral rolls also provide useful administrative data on the age, regional distribution, and intercensal movements of the eligible voting population. An understanding of the enrolment patterns of recent immigrants provides information on the political integration of a section of the permanent resident population, and the...

The 2012 Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Election held on October 20 was in many ways a mirror image of the previous election in 2008. This paper examines the results.