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Compulsory Voting and the Constitution
In the last few years, the High Court has constitionalized a number of aspects of our electoral system and franchise. In this post, Associate Professor John Gava looks at the implications this may have for compulsory voting. Let’s conduct a thought experiment. Imagine the Commonwealth Parliament passing a law that takes away the right of […]
Posted in Government & Citizenship, Research
Tagged compulsory voting, constitutional law, electoral laws, Public Law and Policy Research Unit (PLPRU), secret ballot
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Indigenous Representation in the Australian Parliament
On Wednesday morning (23 January 2013), Alexander Reilly was interviewed by John Doyle on Radio National breakfast in response to the selection of Nova Peris to run on the Senate ticket for the Australian Labor Party at the next election. The story can be accessed here. In this blog, he provides some background to his […]
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Tagged Commonwealth Parliament, constitutional law, electoral laws, equality, indigenous representation, Nova Peris, Public Law and Policy Research Unit (PLPRU)
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