Federal Election 2002

December 10, 1949 marked a defining moment in Australia’s democratic history — the first election for the Australian Senate conducted under the system of Proportional Representation Australia (PRA). Reflecting on this 50-year milestone, Mr Deane Crabb, Secretary of the Electoral Reform Society of South Australia, said it was an important time to recognise what…

Amid growing concern about Legislative Council voting practices, the Electoral Reform Society of South Australia (ERSSA) is calling for an independent inquiry to examine the system and ensure that control of the vote rests with the voters themselves, not with political party machines. Deane Crabb, Secretary of the Society, said that while the counting…

This Saturday’s South Australian election will give the State a dubious democratic distinction: thousands of voters will face the most demanding voting task in Australian electoral history if they wish to cast a formal vote for the Legislative Council below the line. To vote differently from the official party voting tickets, voters must number…

The Electoral Reform Society of South Australia (ERSSA) has congratulated Business SA for bringing electoral reform to the forefront of public debate during the State election campaign. Deane Crabb, Secretary of the Society, said the organisation was encouraged by many of the proposals contained in Business SA’s policy platform. “The Society supports the recommendations…