Questions tagged [australia]
For questions relating to the government and politics of Australia.
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Why aren't alliances and independent runs more common in the UK?
Both Australia and the UK have single-member constituency-based representative electoral systems with a similar ratio of voters per seat. However, while it is common in Australia for parties to form ...
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Why does Australia use the term "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples"?
Are Torres Strait Islanders especially different from all of Australia's other Aboriginal peoples?
Why do they merit a special and separate mention?
Are all of Australia's other Aboriginal peoples ...
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Why can the US ally India maintain an independent foreign policy but Australia cannot?
India refused to stop importing oil from Russia. Next, they refused to engage in any military activity against China. As a result, the USA made Japan the new representative of the rules-based ...
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Why is it possible for Bangladesh to hold staged elections but practically impossible in Western liberal democracies?
Banagladesh's current regime held two staged elections in 2014 and 2018. They are preparing for another one.
DW: Bangladesh's 'staged' elections
Some in Bangladesh election observer group said they ...
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Why does Australia export so much raw materials instead of steel and other value added products?
According to the chart in this report although exports from Australia of iron ore and metallurgical coal are declining they are still quite high. On the other hand I see that Australia imports a lot ...
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How did the adoption of compulsory voting in Australia impact the partisan balance there?
Compulsory voting was introduced in Australia:
for state elections in Queensland in 1915, excluding Indigenous
Australians. Victoria introduced compulsory voting in 1926, New South
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Why do Australian politicians use the term “The Greens political party”?
The Australian Greens are the largest of the minor parties in Australian politics, and a regular target for criticism by the major parties. They are normally referred to as “The Greens” in the media ...
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Aukus deal. Was Australia called in to share ballooning development costs?
The Aukus deal is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the Uk and the US. The biggest part of the pact is the acquisition of nuclear powered submarines jointly developed by the three ...
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Why does Australia spend $8 billion a year on fossil fuel tax credits?
The Australia Institute recently released a report finding that "Australian fossil fuel subsidies surge to $11.6 billion in 2021-22." Although there are many direct subsidies to the ...
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What will the powers of the The Indigenous Australian Voice be?
Australia is considering a referendum to alter its constitution to create an "Australian and Torres Strait Islander Voice".
The text of the amendment is as follows:
"There shall be a ...
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Which countries are registered as companies in the USA?
I know that Australia is registered as a company in the USA.
What more countries are registered there?
If none, why did Australia feel the need to register themselves as a company?
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Why does Australia not tolerate China building a base in Solomon Islands if they think Russia should tolerate NATO expansion in Ukraine?
Australia apparently thinks Russia should tolerate NATO expansion in Ukraine, since they've 1) condemned the invasion and 2) imposed sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine.
On the other hand, ...
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What is "quantum" and why is it "incredibly important for Australia's defense", or for any advanced country's defense for that matter?
In this short Reuters April 6, 2022 video LIVE: Australia PM Morrison holds news conference on AUKUS and in the official transcript Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said:
Now, of course, ...
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Why does China have desert greening programs but Australia and the USA don't?
China has undertaken a lot of desert greening projects.
The Great Green Wall of China
Why does China do that and other countries like the USA and Australia don't?
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Can someone from Queensland or Northern Territory be the Coalition's candidate for Prime Minister?
In Australia, the main centre-right block is a coalition of four parties, known collectively as "The Coalition":
Liberal Party, whose leader typically becomes Prime Minister in a Coalition ...
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