The landslide revisited? The 2006 Victorian Election    (published: 12/2006)	posted: 18/12/2006
Author(s): Nick Economou (Monash University) Category: - Audit paper; Electoral; Accountability download In a new Audit paper, Nick Economou, Monash University, reviews the Victorian State election of 25 November 2006.

Representation for the Italian diaspora    (published: 12/2006)

posted: 18/12/2006

Author(s): Elisa Arcioni (University of Wollongong) Category: - Audit paper; Parliament; Electoral download In this Audit paper Elisa Arcioni, University of Wollongong, considers the decision to include seats for the Italian diaspora in the Italian parliament.The decision was of even greater significance since it was the results in the Australasian seat that gave the Prodi government its majority in the Senate.

Trust matters: Politics, trust & the republican cause    (published: 12/2006)

posted: 18/12/2006

Author(s): Rebecca Huntley () Category: - Audit paper; Accountability; Constitution/federalism download Rebecca Huntley, author of The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult Generation, gave the 2006 National Republican lecture in Canberra on 29 November. Her lecture, ‘Trust matters: Politics, trust and the republican cause’ is issued as a discussion paper for the Democratic Audit of Australia.

Fifty years of campaign finance study in Australia    (published: 12/2006)	posted: 18/12/2006
Author(s): Colin Hughes (University of Queensland) Category: - Audit paper; Political Finance/Govt Advertising download Colin A Hughes, Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Queensland, looks at the history of the study of campaign finance in Australia and why it has been so under-developed.

Political finance in Australia : a skewed and secret system    (published: 11/2006)	posted: 21/11/2006
Author(s): Joo-Cheong Tham (University of Melbourne), Sally Young (University of Melbourne) Category: Focussed Audits; Political Finance/Govt Advertising download Focussed Audit No. 7.

Australian industrial laws and freedom of political expression    (published: 11/2006)

posted: 17/11/2006

Author(s): Tom Roberts (Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union & Energy Union) Category: - Audit paper; Rights download In a new paper for the Audit, Tom Roberts of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, discusses the implications of changes to industrial relations law for freedom of expression in the construction sector. Virtually all forms of industrial action are deemed unlawful in the sector and could result in deductions in pay, fines, and damages claims: the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner has been established to monitor and enforce this. This constitutes a direct attack on the right to peaceful political protest.

China and Australia: Mutual assistance on criminal matters    (published: 11/2006)

posted: 6/11/2006

Author(s): Vic Adams (Civil Liberties Australia) Category: - Audit paper; Rights download Australia and China negotiated a treaty on mutual assistance in criminal matters in 2006. Vic Adams considers the treaty and its possible implications in the light of China’s record on the death penalty. The treaty lack safeguards to ensure Australia in not implicated in executions and could be in breach of a number of other treaties to which Australia is a signatory, aimed at ending the death penalty.

New media laws and their impact on the bush    (published: 11/2006)

posted: 6/11/2006

Author(s): Peter Andren (Federal Independent Member for Calare) Category: - Audit paper; Accountability; Media download Peter Andren MP, the Independent member for Calare, considers the impact of the recent changes to media law on media diversity in rural areas. The laws, which will allow a single owner to control both television and newspapers in a particular market, will see, he says, an end to local content in rural areas.

Rethinking Westminster: South Australia’s cabinet experiment    (published: 10/2006)

posted: 26/10/2006

Author(s): Norman Abjorensen (Australian National University) Category: - Audit paper; Accountability; Parties/Independents download In a new paper for the Democratic Audit of Australia, Norman Abjorensen, ANU, considers the South Australian experiment of including non-Labor members in the Labor cabinet. The move marks a significant break with the Australia’s Westminster tradition but has evidently paid dividends for the government.

Sunlight as the best disinfectant: Campaign finance in Australia    (published: 10/2006)

posted: 26/10/2006

Author(s): Kenneth R. Mayer (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Category: - Audit paper; Political Finance/Govt Advertising download Kenneth Mayer of the University of Wisconsin-Madison compares the systems of campaign finance in Australia and the United States. In spite of the huge sums involved in American campaigns, the disclosure requirements are far stricter than Australia’s, particularly since this year's changes.

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