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Everything you need to know about a double dissolution.
How parties and candidates campaign for your vote.
Your guide to how often voters go to the polls.
Your guide to the voting method we use in Australia.
A 1937 referendum asked Australians if the Commonwealth should regulate air travel.
Explore political cartoons in Behind the Lines exhibitions online.
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