Steven Marshall's state Liberals are furious at the scrapping of the fairness provision. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily

News

Electoral fairness hijack 'wouldn't have survived a referendum'

The Weatherill Government is expecting a Liberal-led legal challenge after a late-night parliamentary coup which saw the contentious “fairness” provision stripped from the state’s Constitution Act.

Opinion

Times are changing – and so should our system of government

Poll results from both the federal election and recent state elections show Australia’s party system is disintegrating and it’s time to consider new forms of government, writes electoral reform proponent Darian Hiles.

Politics

No referendum, but Rau still targeting Upper House "preference-gaming"

South Australians will not face a referendum at the next state election, with Attorney-General John Rau abandoning his bid for electoral reform through constitutional change – but he insists he’s still determined to revise the way the Upper House is elected.

Politics

Hunt for new electoral commissioner stalls as candidates rejected

The quest to appoint the state’s new Electoral Commissioner is effectively back to square one, after a call for applications failed to find any candidates deemed suitable.

Opinion

No excuses: the electoral system is dumb, undemocratic and needs to change

Tinkering with electoral boundaries continues to yield grossly unfair results, writes former Liberal leader Iain Evans. He argues a top-up system that hands power to the party with a statewide majority would give voters the government they want – and leave his own party with no excuses.