The Nationals and the Greens were the star performers last Saturday in Western Australia, writes Norm Kelly.

This report presents a summary of the findings of an exit poll commissioned by APO during the 2007 federal election campaign, and compares those findings with the results from the newly released Australian Election Study and the Auspoll exit poll.

In the Northern Territory, Australia, ballot papers for territory elections depict candidates’ photographs. The authors exploit this unusual electoral feature by looking at the effect that candidates’ beauty and skin color has on voting patterns. The results for beauty are mixed, but they find strong evidence that skin color matters. In electorates with a small...

Local government elections need to be transparent and fair, writes Joo-Cheong Tham.

Labor members want to repeal the Howard Government's electoral law changes. Coalition members want to retain them. It's time for a circuit-breaker, writes Peter Brent.