The Australian party system and proportional representation

18 Sep 2012 | In the first in a new six part series, Dr Klaas Woldring examines the breakdown of the Australian ...  

Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie interviewed about #GlobalNOISE

2 Sep 2012 | IA goes experimental – after an introduction by artist and Occupy Melbourne activist Carl ...  

Lord Mayor Robert Doyle's social media fail (part 2)

16 Aug 2012 | In the wake Melbourne mayor Robert Doyle adject retreat from social media last week, Carl Scrase ...  

An Independent Australian Constitution

15 Aug 2012 | John Skene has a plan for new Australian Constitution that would deliver both a Republic and more ...  

Lord Mayor Robert Doyle’s tragic social media failure

11 Aug 2012 | Controversial Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has fled from the social media world after only a ...  

Indigenous recognition - Part 3: Australia's illiberal and undemocratic Constitution

20 Jul 2012 | In a majestic six part series, Dr George Venturini takes an in-depth look at the proposal to ...  

Capitalism: the best of all possible worlds?

17 Jul 2012 | Churchill once said that “democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that ...  

Political footy fans wreck democracy

12 Jul 2012 | Dr Benjamin Thomas Jones says the tribal “footy fan” approach of one-eyed political supporters ...  

Media bosses must stop meddling in our democracy

11 Jul 2012 | The CEOs of all the major Australian media organisations have written a letter to the prime ...  

Time for a truly independent Australian Speaker

10 May 2012 | It is time for Australia to change its Constitution to provide for a truly independent Speaker ...  

Voting in good conscience

7 May 2012 |   Politicians should be allowed a conscience vote on voluntary euthanasia and gay marri ...  

Compulsory voting in Australia

30 Apr 2012 |   Just over one hundred years ago, on 27 March 1912, Australia introduced compulsory ...  

Republican lessons from the NZ electoral system referendum

7 Apr 2012 |   Last year, New Zealand held a non-binding referendum on their electoral system. Lewis ...  

The oligarchic ALP

6 Apr 2012 |   [caption id="attachment_15374" align="alignright" caption="by Barry Jones"][/caption] ...  

Our fake Australian democracy

28 Mar 2012 | Australia’s system of representative democracy is controlled by the major political parties, who ...  

Testing the vision of Clive Palmer and Wayne Swan

7 Mar 2012 | When it comes to comparing the visions of democracy, expressed in print recently by the Treasurer ...  

Change the electoral system and end adversarial politics

6 Mar 2012 | To break free of our destructive adversarial political culture, Australia should adopt a European ...  

How would the people vote today

27 Feb 2012 | [caption id="attachment_12313" align="alignright" caption="by contributing editor-at-large Tess ...