The Electoral Regulation Research Network and Democratic Audit of Australia Working Paper Series
The Electoral Regulation Research Network was established in 2012 with the aim of fostering exchange and discussion amongst academics, electoral commissions and other interested groups on research relating to electoral regulation.
To this end, the Network together with the Democratic Audit of Australia will be publishing a series of working papers – often called 'discussion papers' – to help foster discussion about all aspects of electoral regulation. These working papers will be posted on the Network's website and circulated to members of the Network. They will also be posted on the Democratic Audit of Australia's website.
We welcome papers written on all aspects relating to electoral regulation from academics, electoral commission officials, parliamentarians, party officials and others interested in this field.
| No. | Working Paper |
|---|---|
| 78 | Election Funding and Disclosure in Australian Jurisdictions: A Quick Guide |
| 77 | Three Ways to Restore Victoria's Original Integrity Institution Associate Professor William Partlett (Melbourne Law School) |
| 76 | Various |
| 75 | The Climate Crisis and Democracy: From Democratic Debilitation To Innovation Professor Joo-Cheong Tham (Melbourne Law School) |
| 74 | Foreign Interference and Australian Electoral Security in the Digital Era Dr Melissa-Ellen Dowling (University of Adelaide) |
| 73 | How Does Digital Campaigning Affect the Problems of Political Finance? Professor Joo-Cheong Tham (Melbourne Law School) |
| 72 | Remote Voting Under COVID-19 |
| 71 | Electoral Management Under COVID-19 |
| 70 | A Victorian's Response To The Discussion Paper: "Developing A Legislative Framework For A Complex And Dynamic Electoral Environment" By Maley and Orr |
| 69 | The Role Of New Media In Increasing Youth Political Engagement |
| 68 | Engaging Youth - Strategies For Creating Interested And Informed Voters |
| 67 | Report On Proceedings From The Workshop On The Informed Voter: Improving The Political Literacy of Young Australians |
| 66 | The Right Answer Depends On Asking The Right Question |
| 65 | Observations From A Comparative Perspective |
| 64 | Developing A Legislative Framework For A Complex And Dynamic Electoral Environment - Discussion Paper |
| 63 | Electoral Democracy in Australia: Crisis, Resilience and Renewal |
| 62 | Compulsory Voting in Australia Makes Governments More Representative of The People, But It Won't Work Everywhere |
| 61 | Democracy Before Dollars: The Problems With Money in Australian Politics and How to Fix them |
| 60 | Making India's Democracy Bigger and Better |
| 59 | The Current Challenges to Electoral Democracy Go Beyond Good Election Administration |
| 58 | Transparency and Accountability in Political Funding |
| 57 | Much Remains to Be Done to Make The World's Largest Democracy Also the Greatest Dr S. Y. Quraishi (Ashoka University) |
| 56 | India and Australia: Strengthening Electoral Democracy |
| 55 | Opening Remarks to the Workshop on the Future of Electoral Democracy in India and Australia |
| 54 | Measurement Tools for Comparative Political Finance: Excessive Reductionism or Valuable Simplicity? |
| 53 | Campaigns and Regulation: One Hundred Years On Dr. Stephen Mills (University of Sydney) |
| 52 | Electoral Inclusion Among South Australian People Experiencing Homelessness: The Work Ahead Professor Lisa Hill (University of Adelaide) and Dr Jonathan Louth (Flinders University) |
| 51 | Resources for a Future: Towards an Articulation of Global Governance (Review Essay) Dr John R. Morss (Deakin University) |
| 50 | Reference Document: Literature on Authoritarianism Peter E. Mulherin (Deakin University) |
| 49 | Background Paper on Authoritarianism and Religion Matthew O'Rourke (Monash University) |
| 48 | A Synopsis on the Deakin Workshop on Authoritarianism Dr. Zim Nwokora (Deakin University) |
| 47 | 175 years of Voting: The 175th Anniversary of the First Parliamentary Election of 1843 Sean Darragh (New South Wales Electoral Commission) |
| 46 | Tom Rogers (Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission) |
| 45 | Between Law and Convention: Ministerial Advisers in the Australian System of Responsible Government Dr Yee-Fui Ng |
| 44 | The Law of Deliberative Democracy: Deliberating in a Crisis Dr Ron Levy (Senior Lecturer in Law, ANU) |
| 43 | Political Donations and Safeguards Code Neil A. Freestone (Solicitor) |
| 42 | Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns in the Maldives Aminath Sweiza Naeem (Student, University of Melbourne) |
| 41 | A Framework Convention Against Political Corruption James D. Cooper (Student, University of Melbourne) |
| 40 | An Instance of Cartel Behaviour? The Politics of Senate Electoral Reform 2016 Dr Nick Economou (Monash University) |
| 39 | Prohibiting Corporate Felon Political Spending: Is It Possible? Sheldon Oski (Student, Melbourne Law School) |
| 38 | Electoral Fairness in South Australia Sasha Lynch (Student, University of Adelaide) |
| 37 | Alternative Voting Plus: A Proposal for the South Australian House of Assembly Daniel Messemaker (BA (Hons) Student, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Adelaide) |
| 36 | The Regulation of Lobbying in New South Wales Mel Keenan (Principal Legal Officer, NSW Electoral Commission) |
| 35 | Electoral Integrity and The AEC Tom Rogers (Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission) |
| 34 | Electoral Rights, Parliament and the Courts: The Case of Prisoner Voting in New Zealand Andrew Geddis (Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Otago) |
| 33 | Implications of Change in Electoral Campaign Finance Laws in NSW Felicity Wright (Senior Advisor, Regulatory Advice and Analysis, NSW Electoral Commission) |
| 32 | Campaigning and Regulation: Time for Change? Warwick Gately AM (Electoral Commissioner of Victoria) |
| 31 | Nathaniel Reader (Swinburne Institute for Social Research) |
| 30 | Lisa Hill (University of Adelaide) |
| 29 | Professionalisation: Of What, Since When ,and By Whom Stephen Mills (Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney) |
| 28 | Postals and Personation in the United Kingdom Brian Costar (Swinburne Institute for Social Research) |
| 27 | Enhancing Local Government Democracy: City of Melbourne Ken Coghill (Monash), Yee-Fui Ng (Monash) and Paul Thornton-Smith (Victorian Electoral Commission) |
| 26 | Polling Officials: The Strength and Weakness of Democratic Systems Ed Killesteyn (Australian Electoral Commissioner, 2009 – 2014) |
| 25 | Victorian Local Government Electoral Review Petro Georgiou AO (Chair of the Local Government Electoral Review Panel (Victoria) and Former Member for Kooyong) |
| 24 | The Application of Strict Liability to NSW Funding and Disclosure Offences Alison Byrne (Principal Legal Officer, NSW Electoral Commission) |
| 23 | The Right to Vote and the Bill of Rights Debate Emeritus Professor Colin Hughes (University of Queensland) |
| 22 | High Court Challenges and the Limits of Political Finance Law Professor George Williams (Anthony Mason Professor, Scientia Professor, Foundation - Director Gilbert+Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales) |
| 21 | 2013 Redivision of Victorian Electoral Boundaries Dr Paul Thornton-Smith (Secretary, Electoral Boundaries Commission) |
| 20 | Deliberative Democracy and Electoral Management Bodies: The Case of Australian Electoral Commissions Associate Professor Joo-Cheong Tham (Director, Electoral Regulation Research Network, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne) |
| 19 | Campaign Professionalisation: Levelling the Playing Field or Tipping the Scales? Jennifer Rayner (Centre for the Study of Australian Politics, Australian National University) |
| 18 | Professor Graeme Orr (Professor of Law, University of Queensland, Australia) |
| 17 | Party Professionalisation: Electoral Regulation and National Party Officials Dr Stephen Mills (Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney) |
| 16 | Optional Preferential Voting for the Australian Senate Michael Maley (Associate, Centre for Democratic Institutions, Australian National University) |
| 15 | The Law of Deliberative Democracy: Seeding the Field Dr Ron Levy (Lecturer, Griffith University) |
| 14 | New Developments in Political Speech Case Law Professor Katharine Gelber (Professor of Politics and Public Policy, and an ARC Future Fellow (2012-?2016), in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland) |
| 13 | New Zealand's Ill-Fated Review of MMP Professor Andrew Geddis (Faculty of Law, University of Otago) |
| 12 | Australian Political Finance Law in International Perspective Andrew Ellis (Director for Asia and the Pacific, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) |
| 11 | Eyal Halamish (Co-Founder and CEO, OurSay) |
| 10 | Reform Options for the South Australian Legislative Council Antony Green (Australian Broadcasting Association) |
| 9 | Fairness and Equality in Electoral Distributions Jenni Newton-Farrelly (Electoral Specialist, South Australian Parliament Research Library) |
| 8 | Political Funding and Disclosure Schemes: Approaches to Compliance and Enforcement Bradley Edgman (Australian Electoral Commission) |
| 7 | Letting the People Decide: Local Government, Gay Marriage and the Politics of Referendums Professor George Williams (Anthony Mason Professor, Scientia Professor, Foundation Director ? Gilbert+Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales) |
| 6 | Fair Enough? Redistributions in Australia Jenni Newton-Farrelly (Electoral Specialist, South Australian Parliament Research Library) |
| 5 | Ministerial Advisers: Influences on the Executive and Accountability Mechanisms Yee-Fui Ng (Sessional Lecturer and PhD Candidate, Monash University Law School) |
| 4 | The Fairness Clause in South Australia Jenni Newton-Farrelly (Electoral Specialist, South Australian Parliament Research Library) |
| 3 | Issues for Electoral Regulators Dean Jaensch AO (formerly Professor of Politics, Flinders University) |
| 2 | Research and Electoral Regulation Jane Peace (Northern Territory Electoral Commission) |
| 1 | The Victorian Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC): A Toothless Tiger? The Hon. T.H. Smith QC (Adjunct Professor, Monash University, Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, and Chair of the Accountability Round Table) |