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Common(wealth) Knowledge #42: Why Australia can't ban political parties

ANALYSIS: How the NSW upper house ballot paper positions could impact who wins

Commonwealth Knowledge #40: An independent Prime Minister - once in a teal moon

Aston by-election: Labor aiming to break century-old record as Liberals try to hold onto seat

Arafura Decides: Country Liberals could win by-election in NT electorate following incumbent's death

Common(wealth) Knowledge #39: Overriding the Human Rights Act and supremacy of Parliament

One Nation and most other parties in Western Australia lose registration

Fred Nile to run for re-election in NSW despite announcing retirement

Controversy grows over the Gabba redevelopment for 2032 Olympic Games

Common(wealth) Knowledge #38: Unions 3, New South Wales 0

Common(wealth) Knowledge #37: The right to protest versus public health

Musical chairs in parliament: Does Lidia Thorpe's senate seat belong to her or The Greens?


Lidia Thorpe quits Greens: New party could be formed, Jacqui Lambie may be the biggest winner

Common(wealth) Knowledge #36: What is a First Minister?

Can you have an independent party? Elizabeth Farrelly thinks so

Common(wealth) Knowledge #35: A public healthcare debate 80 years in the making

The 88th & final seat: Narracan votes in rare supplementary election after candidate's death

LIVE: Libby Mettam takes on David Honey for WA Liberal leadership

Common(wealth) Knowledge #34: Why Edmund Barton shouldn't be forgettable

All the candidates no longer running in the NSW election

Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews Party founder becomes Victoria's first openly trans councillor

Former Labor MP to run for One Nation at the NSW election - but it won't be in her current seat

Labor’s cashless gaming trial to include 0.58% of all pokie machines as they release gambling policy

Common(wealth) Knowledge #33: Papua New Guinea and Australian federalism


Liberals for Climate: Party that 'had no climate policies' & ran 'fake independents' deregistered


From 'The Teals' to 'Lime': All 35 names the Fusion Party might be changing to


Here's everyone who has & hasn't committed to pokies reform in NSW


Common(wealth) Knowledge #32: A House divided


This is the result of all 15 votes for US House Speaker

Nationals won't contest seat where their candidate died while facing sexual assault charges

Common(wealth) Knowledge #31: New year, new court

IN MEMORIAM: All the political parties that were deregistered this year

Scott Morrison named in alleged Twitter data breach of 400 million accounts

Common(wealth) Knowledge #30: Constitutional issues in the New Year

Nationals MP Andrew Gee quits - here's what the Coalition's parliamentary numbers look like now

Common(wealth) Knowledge #29: Cases we missed

Morrison's ministries and the constitution - plus what could a 'No' Voice campaign look like?

LIVE RESULTS: All the seats changing hands & how every party went in the Victorian state election

Parliament Recalled for Government's Energy Price Relief Plan

Common(wealth) Knowledge #28: Immigration Detention in the 1990s

Common(wealth) Knowledge #27: Are political parties unconstitutional?

Coalition could be over in Vic after Nationals said they'd 'discuss' leaving agreement with Liberals

No second teal wave with potentially zero independents getting into the Victorian parliament

Reason Party applies to change their name to Public Education Party in NSW

Common(wealth) Knowledge #25: Behind the scenes

Labor sending out leaflets using Liberal colours and logo in seat they could lose to The Greens

National Anti-Corruption Commission bill passes the lower house - and donkey voting in elections

What you need to know about every single party in the Victorian election (in under 10 minutes)

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