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An independent Australian website for news, investigations, analysis and opinion across politics, world affairs, business, society and culture.
An independent Australian website for news, investigations, analysis and opinion across politics, world affairs, business, society and culture.
Your guide to how often voters go to the polls.
Your guide to the voting method we use in Australia.
Australians were asked to vote on whether men in National Service could be deployed to fight in World War One.
The 1928 referendum asked Australians to change the way finances were managed by the Commonwealth and states.
In 1999 Australia voted no to replacing the Queen as our head of state with a president.
Tactics to help you navigate false information.
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