In Victoria, Steve Bracks’s minority government transformed a knife-edge win into electoral longevity and parliamentary reform, write Brian Costar and David Hayward
03 Sep 10 Comments (0)South Australia’s cabinet experiment
Minority government in South Australia produced a novel solution that challenged the way the Westminster system has worked in Australia, writes Norman Abjorensen
Comments (0)Talking about our population
The election campaign showed how we don’t seem able to have a rational debate about population, writes Peter Mares
01 Sep 10 Comments (0)Doing it differently
The sudden rise to influence of the independent MPs is a challenge to the two-party system and how it’s reported, writes Peter Browne
26 Aug 10 Comments (2)Rob Oakeshott: Why I became an independent
In this interview with Terry Lane, first broadcast on ABC Radio National’s The National Interest in 2002, Rob Oakeshott discusses why he joined the Nationals, and why he left
25 Aug 10 Comments (0)Rebels with a cause
The prospect of a minority federal government throws a spotlight on the quiet rise of a generation of independent MPs in state and federal parliaments. Brian Costar and Jennifer Curtin look at their motivations, role and significance
23 Aug 10 Comments (1)We’re all tech heads now
Broadband might have divided the major parties before the election, but there’s not going to be so much difference now, writes Jock Given
Comments (0)Setting new records
Old political records keep being broken by the participants in this extraordinary election, writes Rodney Tiffen
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Doing it differently
The sudden rise to influence of the independent MPs is a challenge to the two-party system and how it’s reported, writes Peter Browne
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