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Everything you need to know about a double dissolution.
How parties and candidates campaign for your vote.
Your guide to the voting method we use in Australia.
Browse all cartoonists featured in Behind the Lines.
In 1999 Australia voted no to replacing the Queen as our head of state with a president.
Barbecue snags and voting explained.
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