SYDNEY (REUTERS) - Australia will hold a general election on May 18, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Thursday (April 11). Read more at straitstimes.com.

US election reform campaigners are arguing that voting should be compulsory, easy and served with a sausage, just like in Australia.

If you've grown up thinking that Situation Normal is something like the Australian Electoral Commission — an independent electoral authority which operates our voter roll to standard and ...

Universal voting means election day cannot be a Tuesday (in Australia elections are always held on a Saturday). It means that questions about the benefits of Same-Day Registration and early voting ...

Of course, the continuation of compulsory voting is a matter for the Australian people and the Australian parliament. Having said that, it’s interesting to note the measure retains very wide ...

The lower house will get an electronic chamber voting system next year, its leader Christopher Pyne has revealed.

Tony Abbott was today sworn in as Australia’s 28th prime minister. The election results, however, are yet to be formally declared, with some controversy surrounding the counting of votes in the ...

The federal election is here, and first-time voters may be confused or overwhelmed about how the preferential voting system works.

Peggy Giakoumelos explains Australia's voting system.The Senate has 76 members and is made up of 12 Senators from each of the six states and two each from the Northern Territory and the Australian ...