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How parties and candidates campaign for your vote.
Hear audio descriptions of political cartoons from Behind the Lines exhibitions.
Barbecue snags and voting explained.
The 1946 referendum led to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme and the beginnings of universal healthcare.
Your guide to misinformation and democracy.
For the first time in Australian history, a governor-general dismissed a prime minister and government.
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