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The start of the election process explained.
Your guide to the voting method we use in Australia.
We love talking to new venues about hosting our Behind the Lines political cartoon exhibition.
Australians were asked to pick a song for the national anthem in 1977.
Everything you need to know about a double dissolution.
In 1999 Australia voted no to replacing the Queen as our head of state with a president.
The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located.
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