Electoral boundaries redrawn for SA
The Electoral Commission has released its final report on revising electorate boundaries across South Australia.
View ArticleMinchin backs man's compulsory vote fight
A former senator turns up at court, to back a lone man's fight against Australia's compulsory voting system.
View ArticleNew faces and electoral plans as SA Parliament resumes
There are some new ministers, a new parliamentary Speaker and a new Liberal leader, as SA's Parliament resumes for the year. Michael Atkinson, a former attorney-general, was the only nominee for...
View ArticleCompulsory vote fight knocked down
A South Australian man seeking to overturn the nation's compulsory voting system has run out of legal options after the High Court refused his appeal.
View ArticleXenophon calls for changes to Senate selection process after 'bizarre...
Nick Xenophon has called for changes to the voting system for the Senate after 'bizarre' preference deals.
View ArticleCommunity group prepares for ballot box debut
As Australians prepare to head to the polls one community group in Adelaide may be more enthusiastic than most.
View ArticleElectoral commission dismisses Xenophon complaint against Greens ad
The Australian Electoral Commission has dismissed a complaint by Independent Senator Nick Xenophon about a television campaign advertisement by the Greens. The ad features former Greens leader Bob...
View ArticleGreens hit back at Liberal ads, Xenophon stunt
The row between Nick Xenophon and the Greens over preferences is continuing, with the Greens labelling a stunt involving a pig by the Independent Senator as 'immature'. Senator Xenophon launched a 'No...
View ArticleSenator Nick Xenophon questions mysterious reappearance of his election...
Nick Xenophon, the re-elected South Australian Independent, says he does not know why his election posters have been reappearing in Adelaide streets, after hundreds disappeared during the election...
View ArticleGreens' bill to seek Legislative Council voting changes in South Australia,...
The Greens will try to legislate to change the voting system for the Legislative Council ahead of next year's South Australian election.
View ArticleLast-minute Upper House reform bid ahead of South Australian election in March
A last-minute bid at electoral reform is being made in South Australia ahead of state voters going to the polls.
View ArticleElectoral reform bill approved by SA's Upper House after more radical...
A bill to change the electoral system in South Australia has passed State Parliament's Upper House with amendments.
View ArticleSouth Australia stamps out micro party rorts
South Australia has passed laws to limit minor parties gaining a foothold in the Upper House at the forthcoming election. The move is aimed at avoiding a repeat of the Federal Election where candidates...
View ArticleElectoral Commission probes Liberal donation by Tarcila Resources
The Australian Electoral Commission is investigating a failure to disclose a $18,000 donation to the Liberal Party's South Australian branch.
View ArticleRoseworthy housing promise prompts electoral donations concern from Greens
The Greens are urging another rethink of South Australia's electoral donation laws because a major land developer is hosting an election fundraiser for Liberal leader Steven Marshall. Mr Marshall has...
View ArticleSA election: Liberals reveal election promise costings nearing eve of South...
Less than two days from when polling booths open, the Liberals have unveiled their South Australian election costings.
View ArticleLiberals claim vote error favoured Fair Land Tax Party at South Australian...
South Australia's Electoral Commission will investigate an alleged error in Upper House vote counting for the recent state election.
View ArticleSouth Australia election: Vote count error does not change Legislative...
The Electoral Commission has admitted a mistake was made with data entry for the Legislative Council count from the South Australian election in March. But it says the error has not changed the...
View ArticleLiberal MP Isobel Redmond calls Electoral Commissioner Kay Mousley 'corrupt'
Former Liberal leader Isobel Redmond has used parliamentary privilege to describe South Australia's Electoral Commissioner Kay Mousley as "utterly corrupt".
View ArticleElectoral reform puts SA Labor and Liberals at odds
The Opposition says a parliamentary committee inquiry into election reform in South Australia will effectively be controlled by Labor, but it says a Legislative Council inquiry the Liberals want would...
View ArticlePrivileges inquiry sought into Liberal Isobel Redmond's attack on SA...
Attorney-General John Rau has sought a privileges inquiry into allegations made by former Liberal leader Isobel Redmond against the South Australian Electoral Commissioner.
View ArticleGreens critical of twin electoral reform investigations by SA Parliament
There will be two parliamentary investigations of electoral processes in South Australia.
View ArticleIsobel Redmond apologises for calling SA Electoral Commissioner Kay Mousley...
Former Liberal leader Isobel Redmond has apologised for describing SA's Electoral Commissioner as "utterly corrupt" under parliamentary privilege.
View ArticleLabor MLCs Kyam Maher and Tung Ngo refuse to join SA Legislative Council...
Family First says the South Australian Government has shown it will not work with other parties after two Labor MLCs resigned from a parliamentary committee reviewing electoral processes. Family First...
View ArticleKate McClymont
Investigative journalist Kate McClymont has spent years reporting on the affairs of powerful NSW public figure, Eddie Obeid.
View ArticleSA Liberals to seek reform of Electoral Act 'fairness provision'
The South Australian Liberals have lashed out at the March state election result during the party's AGM in Adelaide and indicated it may seek to have the so-called "fairness provision" in the Electoral...
View ArticleSeparate by-elections no more costly, SA Electoral Commissioner says of...
South Australia's Electoral Commissioner says there are no big cost issues for taxpayers if two by-elections in neighbouring seats are not held on the same day.
View ArticleSA electoral reform might target eight-year Legislative Council terms
Political analyst Clem Macintyre has backed the idea of abolishing eight-year parliamentary terms in South Australia's Upper House. Premier Jay Weatherill has also raised the issue of micro-parties...
View ArticleElectoral inquiry sought by SA Premier Jay Weatherill after by-elections in...
Premier Jay Weatherill pushes for an electoral inquiry in South Australia into how MPs and candidates behaved during the recent Fisher and Davenport by-elections.
View ArticlePaul Kelly on the Whitlam dismissal: a deeper understanding
The sacking of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in 1975 remains our greatest political crisis.
View ArticlePaul Kelly on the Whitlam dismissal: a deeper understanding
We are rebroadcasting this conversation for those of you who missed it last week due to the ABC's cricket coverage.
View ArticleSA Greens senators hoping for top ticket spot as double dissolution election...
A double dissolution election will threaten one of two seats held by the South Australian Greens, an expert says, but the Nick Xenophon Team is expected to prosper.
View ArticleElection 2016: Can homeless people vote?
People who are homeless or have no fixed address can still cast a vote in the federal election on July 2.
View ArticleElection 2016: Blackout on broadcast ads 'pointless' in internet age
A media blackout on political ads from midnight tonight seems pointless in the internet age, an academic suggests.
View ArticleLiberal Party given a boost ahead of 2018 SA election in boundary redistribution
The Liberal Party's chances of winning the 2018 South Australian election have greatly improved after a boundary redistribution notionally handed the party two additional seats.
View ArticleSouth Australian electoral boundaries face Labor challenge ahead of 2018 poll
An unprecedented legal challenge is launched by the Labor Party against South Australia's redrawn state electoral boundaries.
View ArticleJack Snelling to seek electorate switch to Florey for 2018 SA election
A Labor Party preselection fight looms for the seat of Florey in Adelaide, as Health Minister Jack Snelling tells long-serving MP Frances Bedford he will nominate in her seat.
View ArticleLabor challenge over SA electoral boundaries dismissed by Supreme Court
The Liberals say their fight to win the next South Australian election will be fairer after a court has dismisses a Labor challenge over revised electorate boundaries.
View ArticleSouth Australian Labor abandons electoral boundary challenge after lawyers'...
The South Australian Labor Party abandons its appeal against the state's new electoral boundaries fearing its chances were "pessimistic".
View ArticleFamily First Senate candidate Lucy Gichuhi fails to stem citizenship questions
The Kenyan-born Family First candidate who is being tipped as most likely to replace Bob Day in the Upper House, Lucy Gichuhi, could be open to legal challenge over her eligibility to become a senator.
View ArticleWhy is SA losing out from changes to Federal Parliament?
Population growth is faster elsewhere so South Australia is to lose a seat in Federal Parliament, but how will that change now happen?
View ArticleWeatherill's Jay Bus taken off the road for modifications, may be in breach...
SA Premier Jay Weatherill's campaign bus has been taken off the road to undergo modifications, after the Labor Party was advised the vehicle may breach electoral advertising laws.
View ArticleSA election: Xenophon frustrated over preference deals as first prepoll...
Nick Xenophon's SA Best Party is dealt a blow in preference deals made ahead of South Australian election, which could make it harder for the former federal senator to snare a seat in the next parliament.
View ArticleSA election: Adelaide voter claims she was given pre-filled ballot at...
The SA Electoral Commission investigates claims a voter received a ballot paper with each box already numbered at a pre-polling centre for this month's election.
View ArticleNew South Australia electoral boundaries serve Labor food for thought as Mark...
Mark Butler curses Friday the 13th as he realises he is left standing after a high-stakes game of musical chairs.
View ArticleChristopher Pyne wants seat name honouring child abductor and coloniser changed
Government frontbencher Christopher Pyne has slammed Labor's push to change his electorate's name, saying another ward named after a convicted child-abductor should be the one to go. It's time to...
View ArticleElectoral Commission scraps seat of Port Adelaide held by Labor MP Mark Butler
Barely a week after losing his bid to secure a second term as Labor's national president, frontbencher Mark Butler is now on the search for another seat as the Electoral Commission commits to scrapping...
View ArticleGeorgina Downer secures Liberal preselection for Mayo six weeks after...
Georgina Downer will be the Liberal candidate for Mayo at the next federal election, despite failing to gain the seat with a clear swing against her at a by-election six weeks ago.
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