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Your Shortcut to... By-elections
Published 1 year, 10 months ago
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Australia is in for a by-election this weekend, which might be top of mind for any listeners who live in the federal seat of Dunkley, south-east of Melbourne.
In this Squiz Shortcut we discuss the Dunkley by-election, but we also thought that it might be a good opportunity to break down what a by-election is in the first place, and what role they have in our federal politics.
Squiz recommends:
Reading: the Museum of Australian Democracy's 2017 list of 'Eight By-Elections That Changed The Game'