In this article, Geoff Anderson and Haydon Manning find that although Labor is well in the lead, the SA Premier is avoiding anything resembling a risk.

For the Liberal campaign strategists it has not been easy to find meaningful policy differentiation from Rann’s “centre-right coalition” government.

The South Australian campaign has finally begun. Geoff Anderson and Haydon Manning report on the opening salvos.

Despite the changes to personal income tax in the 2005–06 federal budget, there are continued calls for reform of the Australian taxation system. An often mentioned point in favour of the reform of the personal income tax system is that Australia’s current arrangements are ‘uncompetitive’ with the arrangements applying in other countries. In this research...

The provision of funding and requiring disclosure of donations and expenditure are thought to strengthen Australia’s democratic institutions, enhance the political process, and dampen the influence of money on politics. The extent to which the various regimes achieve these purposes is debateable, as are the changes considered necessary. Talina Drabsch provides an overview of the...