Artificial intelligence is already affecting elections Communications & Technology Elections in Pakistan, the US, Indonesia and India were subjected to significant, widespread deceptive AI content, says electoral commissioner Tom Rogers.
Premium Insights and analysis How do you protect public institutions from the people they serve? May 1, 2024 By Dan Holmes Australian Capital Territory The responses of public service and political leaders in moments of crisis matter for the way political discourse is conducted in Australia.
Push to make political donation data available in real time February 1, 2024 By Melissa Coade Federal Those wanting the AEC to change the annual release of political contributions data argue it would lift accountability in Australian politics.
Premium Interviews Nothing matters more to Tom Rogers than how trust ripples through Australia’s electoral landscape January 16, 2024 By Melissa Coade Editors' Picks A lot hinges on the Australian Electoral Commission fulfilling its brief. And commissioner Tom Rogers is very clear-eyed about that.
Premium Insights and analysis DFAT should leverage civil society more to strengthen democracy in the region, report says November 22, 2023 By Melissa Coade Culture Australia urged to invest in the Civil Society Partnerships Fund and its broader resourcing of civil society organisations in the region.
Premium Insights and analysis ‘Can we go and change our vote?’: The aftermath of the referendum in the Northern Territory November 3, 2023 By Julia Bergin Community & Social The NT was the big subject of national referendum debate. Local voices say it was excluded from genuine conversations, processes, and outcomes.
Premium Insights and analysis National interest? Voice truths forced to wrestle with puerile partisan intent October 13, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Hysteria, polarisation and identity politics have swirled around the Voice referendum debate. It has been a disheartening performance to observe, probe and question when the issues of substance at stake are so great.
AEC requests kindness towards its staff ahead of voting day October 13, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social With voting day for the Voice referendum on Saturday, the AEC says its staff deserve respect.
AEC says multiple voting very rare in Australia October 12, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social With the final days to vote in the Voice referendum nearing, the AEC says it is rare for someone to vote multiple times.
AEC reveals how many have voted early and applied for postal votes October 10, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social A quarter of enrolled voters have either voted early or applied for a postal vote for the Voice referendum: Australian Electoral Commission.
Premium Insights and analysis Lacklustre advertising of remote Voice polling booths a ‘huge wasted opportunity’ October 5, 2023 By Anton Nilsson and Julia Bergin Community & Social Crikey-ICTV’s report on inadequate advice at remote polling booths spurred the comment it’s clear it ‘wasn’t planned through a cultural lens’.
Premium Insights and analysis No signs, no info, no idea it’s polling day — welcome to the Voice’s remote voter service October 4, 2023 By Julia Bergin Australian Capital Territory The AEC says it did ‘many months’ of community consultation to roll out remote voting. But no-one knew it was coming or that it was there.
Will the Voice unleash a bureaucratic bogeyman? Noel Pearson doesn’t think so September 29, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal Pearson says that all the Indigenous community wants is the opportunity to talk directly with the powers that be across the table.
Premium Insights and analysis Cohesion index: Australians’ trust in government declined from 2021 September 22, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Trust and national belonging indicators take a hit in Australia, according to a report examining national progress between 2008 and 2022.
Better government vs increased bureaucracy: AEC publishes Voice pamphlets July 18, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social The AEC stays impartial as it publishes the arguments supplied information for both sides of the Voice referendum.
