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... illustrates the constitutional and statutory requirements for the conduct of an election and the particular time limitations imposed between dissolution and the meeting of the new Parliament.

All Australian citizens aged 18 years or over who are enrolled to vote, elect people to represent them in the two houses of the Commonwealth Parliament – the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Includes links for further information.

There are many different types of preferential voting systems in use across Australia and the world. This includes both ‘simple majority’ and ‘preferential’ systems.
Includes videos and graphics.

Ad Standards sometimes receives complaints about political and election advertising.
The advertising self-regulation system was established as an industry initiative with the objective of regulating commercial marketing and advertising of products and services.

This article includes information on: Modern election campaigns; Regulation of internet commentary; Technological challenges; Authorising of advertising; Authorising and the internet; Misleading and defamatory internet publications; Cost of modern elections; The AEC; Campaign costs; Regulating campaign costs: overseas comparisons; Campaign expenditure caps; Expenditure controls; Campaign expenditure caps; Private donations and campaign expenditure; Controls on the use of public funding for campaign expenditure; Advertising costs and controls; Advertising bans

Nine months after the 2022 federal election, voters finally get a look at how much the parties spent and who funded their campaigns.
Data released today reveal Australia’s political parties collectively spent a whopping $418 million in the year leading up to the federal election.

Includes four videos discussing the impact of:
The campaign; The media; COVID-19 and Independents.

The starter's gun is yet to be officially fired on election 2022, but make no mistake, the campaign is well underway, and your vote is already being targeted.

Australia's national election has become too close to call, polls out on Wednesday showed, as the ruling conservative coalition narrowed the gap with the main opposition Labor Party, three days before the country decides on a new government.

Two graphs on Two-party preferred Preference flows based on recent federal and state elections.