This paper provides a comprehensive set of statistical tables regarding the 2010 Federal Election. The tables contain: national, state and regional summaries; electoral division details; two-party preferred figures; and party strengths in the respective houses of the Parliament. The regional and party status classifications used in the paper are the same as those used by...

This paper provides coverage of selected procedural changes during the first year of the operation of the House of Representatives in the 43rd Parliament, together with a range of statistics relating to the work of the House. The 2010 election, held on 21 August, was called early and under the unusual circumstance of a recent...

Out of the clash of interests in federal parliament in 1911 came an enduring electoral reform, writes Brian Costar in Inside Story. An update is long overdue.

This paper provides an analysis of the results of the 2011 New South Wales election. It provides summaries of the elections for both chambers, analysis of Legislative Assembly results both before and after the distribution of preferences, as well as a summary of the Legislative Council election.

The future of Australian migration depends on not repeating the policy of Europe and its welfare model. Australia is one of the most multicultural countries in the world. Almost a quarter of the population was born abroad; almost half have at least one parent born overseas. It is remarkable that this high degree of diversity...