What would Australian democracy look like if today’s anti-protest laws had been in place a century ago?

Protests occur as part of a political struggle with winners and losers. Like strikes, protests are disruptive; that’s the ...

When Indigenous voices fall silent, the democracy air has already gone bad

There is a gap in Australian political attention, media coverage and academic scholarly literature about Indigenous policy ...

Why are young people more likely to cast informal votes? It's not because they're immature

In Australia, where turning up to vote is mandatory, deliberately spoiling your ballot is one of the only legal ways to protest or opt out.
Yahoo

Australians sizzle on election day with 'democracy sausage' and 'budgy smugglers'

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australians fired up barbecues and wore tight-fit swim trunks called "budgy smugglers" to voting centres as they welcomed election day on Saturday with some unique and quirky ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

China gives suspended death sentence to Chinese Australian democracy blogger Yang Hengjun

SYDNEYSYDNEY — A Chinese court gave a suspended death sentence to a China-born Australian democracy blogger on Monday. The Australian government, which has repeatedly raised his case over the years, ...