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QN2025B, June 2025: [PDF - for printing] Australia's 2025 general elections using its long-standing transferable voting Canada's 2025 House of Commons elections using plurality counting British Columbia's latest move for PR QN2025A, March 2025: [PDF - for printing] Western Australia's 2025 general election for both the State's houses Deterioration in Australian schools' results in civic education reported Early election for Germany's Bundestag QN2024D, December 2024: [PDF - for printing] Queensland's 2024 general election for its Legislative Assembly Most of Victoria's 2024 municipal elections used single-councillor wards, not the former PR-STV Growing dissatisfaction with Melbourne City Council's GVT electoral system Donald Trump received a minority of the popular vote for U.S. President in 2024 PRSA Inc's 2024 Annual General Meeting, postal ballot for its 2024-26 Council, and its choice of officers The 2024 general election in Eire What type of electoral system might Syria choose after Bashir al-Assad's departure? QN2024C, September 2024: [PDF - for printing] The UK's 2024 general election for its House of Commons five-year term The surprise general election for the French Republic’s National Assembly NSW’s using Group Voting Tickets in municipal elections assisted Liberals’ nomination debacle Submission to Tasmania’s Electoral Matters Committee Victorian Electoral Matters Committee’s Inquiry into the conduct of the 2022 State election Death of former Victorian MLC, Noel Pullen Northern Territory's 2024 elections The 2024 General election in India QN2024B, June 2024: [PDF - for printing] The aftermath so far of Tasmania's 2024 Assembly and Legislative Council elections PRSA Inc's public meeting on 'fairer elections' for Queensland Former SA Liberal Premier, Steele Hall, who died aged 95, remembered for ending SA’s ‘Playmander’ The 2024 general election in India Claims that the 2024 European Parliament elections resulted in its shifting to the right QN2024A, March 2024: [PDF - for printing] The General Election for Tasmania's House of Assembly was over a year early Denman Prospect's Musidlak Rise sign in the Australian Capital Territory shows new street Brisbane City Council's 2024 elections A postal ballot of its members - who are now asked to join PRSA Inc. - has unanimously wound up the former unincorporated PRSA QN2023D, December 2023: [PDF - for printing] The plurality seats at the Palestine Legislative Council's 2006 polls gave Hamas its majority The Final Report by the JSCEM on the conduct of the 2022 federal elections Bill Hayden, as Opposition Leader, sought PR-STV for the House of Representatives New Zealand's tenth MMP General Election UK Labour's 2023 Annual Conference did not adopt a policy for PR for the Commons Dr Kevin Bonham warns about an adverse move for Tasmania's Hare-Clark system Two recent Hare-Clark countback results PRSA National Office-bearers elected QN2023C, September 2023: [PDF - for printing] Western Australia replaces Richard Court era’s plurality voting with PR-STV for all Councils New South Wales repeals Michael Baird era’s multiple voting for the Lord Mayor of Sydney More MHA changes since Tasmania's final election for a 25-member House An interim report by JSECM's Inquiry into the conduct of the 2022 federal elections PRSA(Victoria-Tasmania) Inc. appeared at Victoria’s Electoral Matters Committee A 1988 Australian Constitution Alteration proposal where the PRSA stated its view Call for Nominations for Elections of the four PRSA Office-bearers for 2024-25 QN2023B, June 2023: [PDF - for printing] Will Victoria - the world's last user of Group Voting Tickets - end its above-the-line option? Widespread protests against Government actions in two democracies with Party List PR General elections in Greece in 2023 QN2023A, March 2023: [PDF - for printing] New South Wales 2023 Elections for both houses of its Parliament Mark Latham used a weakness in the Constitution's Section 15 that a former senator, Brian Harradine, warned against Comparing the Lower House 2022 Victorian election with that of NSW in 2023 SA's Parliament changed plurality counting to PR-STV in bill for a "First Nations' Voice" to it QN2022D, December 2022: [PDF - for printing] The welcome enactment of Tasmania's Expansion of Parliament Bill 2022 Victoria's 2022 General Election for both Houses of its Parliament Inquiry into the 2022 elections by Federal Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters The 2022 elections to Israel's Parliament The 2022 elections to Malaysia's Parliament QN2022C, September 2022: [PDF - for printing] The PRSA's support for Tasmania's Expansion of Parliament Bill 2022 Alaska elects its member of the U.S. House of Representatives by transferable voting The elections in 2022 to Italy's Parliament The elections in 2022 to the unicameral Parliament of the Kingdom of Sweden QN2022B, June 2022: [PDF - for printing] Voters in the 2022 Federal elections exerted the power transferable voting gives them NSW Regulation for Weighted Inclusive Gregory Transfer Method to replace Random Transfers and for Countback in municipal polls A close result shows the weaknesses in France's non-transferable voting system Unanimous view of all 25 Tasmanian MHAs supports restoration of a 35-member House South Australia’s State election 2022 QN2022A, March 2022: [PDF - for printing] Preselection woes again precede the stage management of Australia’s ballot papers A comparison between the elections of the MHR for Clark and those of its five MHAs Changes since Tasmania’s 2021 Assembly poll Repercussions from Victorian Labor’s “Red Shirts Affair", and Adem Somyurek’s branch-stacking Eire’s Electoral Reform Bill upon the centenary of its adoption of PR-STV A Tribute to Dean Jaensch of South Australia QN2021D, December 2021: [PDF - for printing] Western Australia's Bill to discontinue Group Voting Tickets receives Royal Assent "Elections" to Hong Kong's Legislative Council General election of Japan's 465-member House of Representatives for 2021-25 Australia's 94 unelected senators since 1983 U.S. Democrats seek reform for Congressional polls "Voices of ..." candidates expected to contest the 2022 Federal polls Death of former PRSA(SA) President National Office-bearers for 2022-23 QN2021C, September 2021: [PDF - for printing] Western Australia's government bill to implement Expert Committee's Report Canada's opportunistic 2021 federal election The 2021 elections to Germany's Bundestag Call for Nominations for Elections of the four PRSA Office-bearers for 2022-23 QN2021B, June 2021: [PDF - for printing] The Western Australian Ministerial Expert Committee on Upper House electoral reform The only MLC that voted for a motion to discontinue Victoria’s Group Voting Tickets was the mover of it Tasmania's first House of Assembly polls concurrent with 2 Legislative Council polls Elections to the 129-member Scottish Parliament QN2021A, March 2021: [PDF - for printing] A comparison between the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Presidential elections PR-STV would have given a fairer result for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly polls Further consideration of the 2020 NZ polls The Tasmanian Speaker's loss of Liberal Party preselection helps prompt early general election Death of the first PRSA National Secretary Hare-Clark's faithful reflection of Tasmanian voters' growing support for female candidates Stability in Eire's Dail, but not Israel's Knesset Former PRSA National President awarded OAM QN2020D, December 2020: [PDF - for printing] Surprising, but mixed, recommendations by the Australian Parliament's JSCEM Transferable votes at some U.S. national polls The election for the Australian Capital Territory's 25 MLAs held in October 2020 Queensland elections 2012-20 New Zealand's 2020 national election QN2020C, September 2020: [PDF - for printing] References to 'the popular vote' in reports on U.S. 2020 polls to elect Presidential Electors New website: USA's 'Second-rate democracy' This Parliament of Victoria 'chooses' four unelected MLCs to replace elected MLCs Voters' preference for a PR-STV system over a multiple plurality system led an NZ Council to change QN2020B, June 2020: [PDF - for printing] SA municipalities spared a reversion to South Australia's idiosyncratic bottoms-up counting Tasmania's House of Assembly Restoration Bill 2018 Victorian Governor's termination of her Local Government Minister's commission Taiwan's unicameral parliament election 2020 South Korean National Assembly election 2020 Eire and Israel: Governments finally settled QN2020A, March 2020: [PDF - for printing] Victoria's Local Government Act 2020 Lower House election in Eire: 2020 Lower House election in Israel: 2020 Queensland intention to use some PR-STV A German variation on the MMP system Recent Municipal Representation Reviews QN2019D, December 2019: [PDF - for printing] UK House of Commons polls: 2019 SA Local Government Minister proposes a reversion from PR-STV to 'bottoms-up' Plebiscite should help towards restoring New York City's use of PR-STV voting National Office-bearers for 2020-21 QN2019C, September 2019: [PDF - for printing] Review of Tasmania's Local Government Act 1993 Should the Senate electoral system be changed to a Hare-Clark system? Death of Colin Gordon Ball, OAM Call for nominations for election of the four PRSA Office-bearers 2020-21 QN2019B, June 2019: [PDF - for printing] Minister flags plan to remove Bracks's 2003 option for multi-councillor wards Anniversaries of two first PR-STV polls: for all Tasmanian MHAs, and for senators in all States New South Wales 2019 Legislative Council polls The Indian federal elections in May 2019 QN2019A, March 2019: [PDF - for printing] No vote of the people elected 10 current senators Victoria's municipal representation reviews A third 'referendum' on Prince Edward Island on a Mixed Member Proportional system Some US Democrat senators propose replacing the Electoral College with a direct national vote QN2018D, December 2018: [PDF - for printing] Victoria's State elections: November 2018 News from the PRSA National President Transferable voting is the most democratic and flexible way to get fair representation of women British Columbia's third advisory poll on replacing its single-member electoral system QN2018C, September 2018: [PDF - for printing] British Columbia's advisory poll on replacing its single-member system Victoria's Local Government Bill 2018 Group representation constituencies predominate in Singapore's parliament The centenary of transferable voting for every House of Representatives seat QN2018B, June 2018: [PDF - for printing] Tribute to the PRSA National President 1994-2017, the late Bogey Musidlak PR analysis of Queensland's 2017 election PRSA member urges PR-STV in Canadian webinar Tasmania's 33rd Hare-Clark general election South Australian election versus Tasmania's Malaysia's extraordinary parliamentary election For the four years from March 2014 to June 2018, no issues of Quota Notes were produced. QN2014A, March 2014: [PDF - for printing] Senate voting reforms intensify Fresh WA Senate election in 2014 shows need for Court of Disputed Returns changes Emphatic change of government in Tasmania A minority-support minority SA government again QN2013D, December 2013: [PDF - for printing] SA's Upper House changes do not assist voters A first step in Senate voting reform Municipal electoral news: Tasmania and Victoria Death of the Honourable Neil Robson AM PRSA National Office-bearers for 2014-15 QN2013C, September 2013: [PDF - for printing] 2013 federal poll results show reform is needed Nearly 16% of votes wasted in German election Call for Nominations for Election of the four PRSA Office-bearers for 2014-15 QN2013B, June 2013: [PDF - for printing] Constitutional Convention votes for better PR-STV Transferred control over ACT Assembly size potentially reduces voter influence Article by Vic-Tas Branch members on Unelected MPs Single-member-electorate boundary manipulation QN2013A, March 2013: [PDF - for printing] Liberals gain strong swing in Western Australia Nationalist lose long-term grip on power in Malta Three new parties in the Israeli Government QN2012D, December 2012: [PDF - for printing] Greens join ACT Government after October poll Single-member distortions set Japan's course PR Prevails at Victoria's 2012 Municipal Elections QN2012C, September 2012: [PDF – for printing] NT Government Changes after 11 Years NSW Inquiries on Electoral Matters in Progress Federal Nomination Hurdles to be Raised House of Lords Reform Shelved in the UK Polls in Papua New Guinea and East Timor QN2012B, June 2012: [PDF – for printing] Two Greek National Elections a Month Apart PR for Two-councillor Wards in NSW Tasmanian Assembly Supports Return to 35 MHAs Passing of Two Long-serving Proportionalists QN2012A, March 2012: [PDF – for printing] o Another Lopsided Queensland Outcome o ACT 20th Anniversary Radio Interviews o Major NSW Local Government Changes o Changes Might Eventuate in Tasmania QN2011D, December 2011: [PDF – for printing] o Northern Territory Government Plan for Quota-preferential PR in Municipal Polls o NZ Votes to Keep National Party Government and MMP Electoral System o ACT Electoral Dangers Averted o South Australian Parliamentary Report urges Countback to fill Municipal Vacancies o National Office-bearers for 2012-13 QN2011C, September 2011: [PDF – for printing] o Disappointing 2010 federal elections report o UK Government proposes using Quota-Preferential PR in House of Lords reform o Antony Green speaks on UK’s referendum and NZ’s November 2011 plebiscite on MMP o Melbourne University abandons Nanson’s pioneering PR for a plurality system o Call for Nominations for Elections of the four PRSA Office-bearers for 2012-13 QN2011B, June 2011: [PDF – for printing] o Serious Assault on Countback in the ACT o NSW Legislative Council Controversy o Lopsided Aspects of Canadian Election o Tasmania’s First Countback since 2010 Polls o The Elections in Eire in February 2011 o UK’s ‘Alternative Vote’ Referendum Failed QN2011A, March 2011: [PDF – for printing] o State Elections in Victoria and NSW o Restoration in District Magnitude for Tasmanian Assembly has been deferred o May 2011 Referendum could replace UK’s First-past-the-post with Preferential Voting o Queensland Local Government Electoral Inquiry o First PRSA Honorary Life Members For the five years from March 2006 to March 2011, no issues of Quota Notes were produced. QN2006A, March 2006: o Conservatives return to government in Canada o Prince Edward Island MMP plebiscite o Expanding Vote-counting role for PRSAV-T o Book Review: Ever Yours, C.H. Spence QN2005D, December 2005: Restoration of direct democracy vital National Office-bearers for 2006-07 Extending voter influence not a feature of federal electoral legislation First Woman Chancellor Heads Second German Grand Coalition Vale Rod Donald, NZ Electoral Reformer Victoria's Municipal Election Configurations QN2005C, September 2005: British Columbia: Speech from the Throne gives BC-STV Promise of Another Chance Small Shift in Japanese Voter Sentiment Translates into Hybrid System Landslide Victoria's First Use of Countback to fill a Municipal Casual Vacancy Labour Continues to Govern New Zealand for an Historic Third Consecutive Term QN2005B, June 2005: British Columbia Referendum: Over 57% Vote for 'BC-STV' - One 60% Hurdle Met Thanking Contributors to the PRSA's Donation to the BC-STV Campaign Call for Nominations for Elections of PRSA Office-bearers for 2006-07 Victorian Redivision for Upper House PR UK House of Commons Polls: May 2005 Submissions to Municipal Reviews Northern Territory Polls: Electoral System Severely Distorts Voters' Representation QN2005A, March 2005: AEC Fails in its Statutory Duty to Display Group Voting Ticket Pamphlets or Posters The Labor Party Achieves the First Majority Government in the ACT QN2004D, December 2004: Historic Canadian Moves Towards PR Results of our 2004 Federal Elections Tasmania's new Electoral Act 2004 Victorian Redivision for Upper House PR Catherine Helen Spence Lecture Series Two Unsatisfactory Polls in Queensland QN2004C, September 2004: Draft Bill for new Tasmanian Electoral Act Multi-member Electorate Symposium - Towards a Fairer Voting System for SA The Launching of Neil Robson's Booklet at Parliament House, Hobart The Death of Two Former Tasmanian Premiers The Unelected Senators Stay till 30th June QN2004B, June 2004: PM Admits Lack of Public Support for Change to Section 57 of the Constitution Law Amended to Set Aside an Australian Electoral Commission Redistribution Improved Transfer Value Proposed in WA Victoria's Municipal Electoral Systems Are Still Being Settled on a Case-by-Case Basis! Ending WA Malapportionment by a Federal Law Needs Further Work The 2004 Lok Sabha Elections in India Visit to Electoral Reform Society in UK QN2004A, March 2004: Section 57 of the Constitution is Not the Sole Route for Breaking "Deadlocks" A New Aid for PR Vote Counting Contributions by Members are Welcome Efforts to Improve ATSIC Election Scrutinies Book Review: Peace, Order and Good Government - State Constitutional and Parliamentary Reform QN2003D, December 2003: Federal Government Promotes Discussion of Altering Section 57 of the Constitution National Office-bearers for 2004-05 High Court Decision on WA Electoral Bills Greens Discussion Paper and their Bill for a Royal Commission on PR for the House of Representatives Northern Ireland Assembly Polls Show Much Hardening of the Main Opposing Viewpoints Synod Unrest Prompts Review of PR Law WA's Public Funding and Four-year Terms QN2003C, September 2003: Victoria-Tasmania Branch Efforts to Alert Councils to need for Hare-Clark Features Call for Nominations for Elections of PRSA Office-bearers for 2004-05 South Australia's Constitutional Convention Death of the Former National Treasurer of the PRSA, Len Higgs QN2003B, June 2003: Formal Proclamation of Upper House PR Victorian Focus now on Local Government Scottish Executive commits to STV-PR for future Local Government Elections Death of Two Veteran PRSA Members Canadian Interest in PR Increases An ACT Countback & The Redistribution Process Centenary Medal for Hon. Neil Robson QN2003A, March 2003: "Every Vote Will Shape Victoria" Victoria's Upper House is Reformed Threat of 6-Member ACT Electorates Averted QN2002D, December 2002: Constitution Commission Recommends Quota-Preferential PR for Upper House New Zealand's Third MMP Elections Produce a New Coalition Government QN2002C, September 2002: South Australia's Voters Lose Again The political wheel turns completely in Tasmania within 10 years Irish Coalition Government returned and main Opposition given a major drubbing QN2002B, June 2002: Submission to Inquiry into Appropriate Size of the ACT Legislative Assembly The 2002 Presidential Polls in France QN2002A, March 2002: Analysis of the 2001 Federal Polls Cleaning up Australian Politics Electronic Voting Theme of ACT Branch AGM QN2001D, December 2001: Victoria-Tasmania Branch Submission Received by Constitution Commission Neil Robson Promotes Hare-Clark in Victoria ACT Government Changes: Female Success Report from the Western Australian Branch Book Review: Elections - Full, Free & Fair National Office-bearers for 2002-03 QN2001C, September 2001: Constitution Commission Victoria Holds Seminar on Upper House Voting Systems Call for Nominations for Elections of PRSA Office-bearers for 2002-03 Submission to Victorian Government Review of Local Government Act 1989 Government Changes at the First Close Northern Territory Election Lopsided Status Quo Maintained after Record Low United Kingdom Turnout Public Meeting on a Municipality's Multiple Majority-Preferential System QN2001B, June 2001: Senate President Highlights 1949 Change to PR at Parliament’s Centenary Sitting New City of Melbourne Electoral System Ignores Tasmania's Electoral Experience Heated Differences about Integrity of Electoral Roll ACT's Electronic Voting and Increased Rotations 2001 Regulations Acknowledge PRSA QN2001A, March 2001: Constitutional Commission to Report on Victoria’s PR Bill WA and Qld Assemblies: An Absolute Majority of Seats from Minority Vote Two Very Different Approaches to the Filling of Casual Vacancies QN2000D, December 2000: Federation is 100: Links to Senate PR Independent MHR: Voting Reform is Urgent PRSA Submission on Enrolment Issues QN2000C, September 2000: PR for the Northern Territory - Real Practical Reconciliation Craig Ingram MLA Moves to Correct the Flaws in Victoria’s Bill for Upper House PR PRSA Submission to ATSIC Review Panel QN2000B, June 2000: Constitution Alteration (Proportional Representation in the Senate) 1999 Polls for London Mayor and Assembly ACT Branch of PRSA Remains Active PNG Electoral System Change Recommended PRSA Branch Structure Extends New Web Address for the PRSA Letter to the Editor: Scrutineers Vindicated QN2000A, March 2000: PRSA Works to Entrench Hare-Clark PR for Victoria's Legislative Council What Changes are Proposed? Deadlock or Democracy? The Future of the Senate Proposed Electoral System for Successor to A.R.M. QN1999D, December 1999: ALP Bill for PR for Victoria’s Upper House, but Voter Empowering Features are Lacking 50 Years of PR for the Senate New Zealand's Second PR Elections National Office-bearers for 2000-01 QN1999C, September 1999: Proportional Representation for the Senate: the 50th Anniversary! Call for Nominations for Elections of PRSA Office-bearers for 2000-01 NSW Branch Responds to ‘Tablecloth Ballot-paper’ and Threshold Threat QN1999B, June 1999: First PR Polls to Elect All of the UK’s Members of the European Parliament Concern by British Electoral Reform Society Members about Hybrid Option Local Government Electoral Laws ACT’s Hare-Clark Likely to be Strengthened SA Branch Treasurer Retires after 59 Years Northern Ireland’s Assembly Elections Inaugural Nunavut Assembly Elections QN1999A, March 1999: The Campaign to Discriminate Against Independent and Minor Party Voters The 1999 NSW Upper House Poll Unfair House of Representatives outcomes, so Australian Democrats float a Top-up Scheme QN1998D, December 1998: 1998 Federal Poll: PR Analysis Why do Parties Stage Manage Senate Tickets? Adelaide City Council Electoral Changes Jenkins Report: A Major UK Disappointment Europe: Lords Want Open not Closed List First-past-the-post Anomalies in North America QN1998C, September 1998: A One-day Sitting Cuts the Number of Tasmania's State MPs by Almost 26% An Exaggerated Parliamentary Majority Review of A.C.T. Governance Maltese Change of Government QN1998B, June 1998: VICTORIA - ON THE MOVE Analysis of the 1998 Queensland Legislative Assembly Elections Division into Two Classes of Senators after a Double Dissolution Northern Territory Statehood Convention European Parliamentary Elections Bill Vale David Bernard Vigor, former Senator for South Australia A.C.T. Polls: New MHAs, but Stability in Party Numbers QN1998A, March 1998: Proportional Representation at the Constitutional Convention Tasmanian Local Government Uncertainty Liberal Party Seeks Nominations for Tasmania's Legislative Council S.A. Polls: Comparing the Two Houses S.A. Municipal Electoral Systems QN1997D, December 1997: Controversial Restructure of the Tasmanian Parliament Stalemated? New Bill Should Now Make a PR Poll Possible in any Victorian Municipality Attempt to Alter Robson Rotation: ACT Branch Exposes its Flaws Australia's Record 15 Unelected Senators - 20% of the Senate National Office-bearers for 1998-99 Irish Elections Respect Voters' Wishes PRSA Members Assist Scrutinies Novel System for Electing Directors QN1997C, September 1997: First Address Ever to PRSA by an Overseas Government Minister Call for Nominations for Elections of PRSA Office-bearers for 1998-99 Constitutional Convention Proceeds Two Questions for Tasmanians? Lopsided Northern Territory Outcome QN1997B, June 1997:  The Late Dr George Howatt A Constitutional Convention: To be or not to be? Two Houses of Commons: Each Is Now Dominated by a Single Minority-support Party Continuing Senate PR Dismemberment Kites Whither Tasmania's Legislative Council? Recent Achievements by PRSA Members QN1997A, March 1997: "Australia Consults" Forum on Electoral Fraud PRSA Conference Presence Winston Peters, New Zealand Deputy PM, to Address a PR Society Meeting General Elections for Both WA Houses Electoral & Constitutional Polls to Involve PR ACT Assembly Countbacks Queensland "Affirmative Action" Tasmanian Developments Port Lincoln Municipal Elections QN1996D, December 1996: "Proposition H": San Francisco Narrowly Loses its PR Opportunity PRSA Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters First New Zealand MMP Elections ATSIC Regional Council Elections Telephone Voting for South Australian Municipal Elections - by Key Entry Japan's Hybrid Electoral System Our 10% of Unelected Senators QN1996C, September 1996: Proposition H: San Francisco to Vote on PR vs. Single-member The First New Zealand MMP Election: 12th October 1996 The Citizens' Convention of 1997? PRSA Submission to Senator Minchin Joint Sitting to Re-elect a Senator of 11 Days Whistleblowing: The Need for a Non-Silent Minority ACT Electorate Boundaries Unchanged QN1996B, June 1996: What are "Mandates"? Revision of the PR Manual 1996 Senate Elections Senate Casual Vacancy Manipulation The 11 Commonwealth Parliament Members Unelected by the People Northern Ireland Peace Process Melbourne City Council’s PR Poll Tasmanian Assembly Elections Tasmanian Legislative Council House of Representatives Imbalances in 1996 QN1996A, March 1996: Federal Election Analysis: 1996 Formality Provisions at Polls for Australian Legislatures First ACT "Countback" Multiple Senate Group Voting Tickets Senate Party Boxes Candidate Surveys QN1996A Supplement: Proportional Representation Analysis: Australian House of Representatives Election 1996 Number 80, December 1995: Computerized Senate Scrutinies More Good News from the ACT PRSA Targets Discrimination Against Below-the-Line Senate Voters Western Australian Electoral Moves Parties Nominating More Candidates than the Number of Seats they Expect Information on Proportional Representation Three Bad Electoral Systems National Office-bearers for 1996-97 Number 79, September 1995: Queensland Branch Releases Draft Upper House Bill Call for Nominations for Elections of PRSA Office-bearers for 1996-97 An Elected Constitutional Convention? ACT Branch Consulted on Elections for Planning Advisory Committees ATSIC Review Panel Approves Quota-preferential methods No How-to-vote Material near ACT Polling Places Next Time? Number 78, June 1995: Address by New Zealand Cabinet Secretary on MMP's Likely Effects A Brief History of the PRSA Proportional Representation and Victoria's Constitution Victoria's First Public PR Election after Local Government Act Change Number 77, March 1995: Almost 2/3 Vote to Entrench the ACT's Hare-Clark PR Miss Enid Lakeman O.B.E. Morling Report Wants Tasmania's Hare-Clark Defended and Extended A.C.T. Poll Marks a Doubling of Australia's Hare-Clark Utilization Indonesia Reconsiders PR A.C.T. Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1994 DECLARATION OF RESULT OF REFERENDUM Number 76, December 1994: Hare-Clark Entrenchment Act 1994 Passes: A.C.T. Assembly Votes 16-1 AEC and PRSA Submissions to ATSIC Elections Review Panel LETTERS Proportional Representation (Hare-Clark) Entrenchment Act 1994 Number 75, September 1994: Do Hare-Clark Advocates Want Citizen Initiated Referendums? Submission to the Constitutional Centenary Foundation PRSA Approach to the Prime Minister's Civics Expert Group Mackerras Warns New Zealand its MMP will be Totally Discredited SA Branch Submission to SA Joint Committee: Women in Parliament Victorian Branch Deputation Meets the State's Leader of the Opposition Choices Made: Quota-preferential PR versus Other Systems "How Do Baptists Vote?" Number 74, June 1994: Hare-Clark Electoral Law Now For Two of Australia's Lower Houses! "Half by 2000" is Not a Fair Way to Represent Men or Women South Africa's Two Most Pivotal General Elections Filling Casual Vacancies after PR The Inquiry into the Composition of the Parliament of Tasmania News of Long-standing Members Number 73, March 1994: Keating Government Showdown on Senate PR Electoral System Public Sector Union Electoral System: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Clerk of the Senate Warns - Party Government: the Australian Disease From March: Hare-Clark for Many More Tasmanian Municipalities Tasmanian Board of Inquiry on Composition of Parliament Senate Casual Vacancy Procedure Is Still a Cause of Party Conflict Number 72, December 1993: Groom Government Attempts to Weaken Hare-Clark ACT Government Breaks Its Undertakings on Hare-Clark NZ to Abandon its Electoral System of Single-Member Districts Only PRSA Invited to Constitutional Centenary Foundation Forum ♫ ♪ ♫ “O Canada!” ♫ ♪ ♫ Real Choices/New Voices National Office-bearers for 1994-95 South Australia's Supposed "Landslide" Initiative for South Africa Obituaries Number 71, September 1993: o New Zealand Electoral Referendum Approaches o Nominations for Election of National Office-bearers for 1994-5 o Proposal for 2 MHRs per Division o A Record Early Start to the Senate Casual Vacancy Game o Activity in the A.C.T. o Thesis on Preferential Voting o Quota Notes Article Reported in the Senate Number 70, June 1993: The 1993 Elections for the House of Representatives Western Australia's State Elections Andrew Inglis Clark's "Rosebank" for Sale Tasmania's Upper House A 10th Senator Elected by a Party Machine, Not the People Scylla or Charybdis? Italy's Lurch from Indirect PR to Relative Majority (Partly) Number 69, March 1993: New Zealand Legislates for the 1993 Referendum on its Electoral System Voting Information for the 1993 Federal Elections City of Melbourne Report Urges PR General Elections with Robson Rotation Number 68, December 1992: Is the House of Representatives an "Unrepresentative Swill"? PR Continues to Make Progress Notable Election in Victoria Threat of Indirect Elections in Victoria Strange Election Results This Year Death of Former ACT Branch Secretary Number 67, September 1992: NZ Electoral System Poll Chooses Change: Not Quota-Preferential PR Hare-Clark Book Launching Liberals Deprived in Queensland Constitutional Centenary Foundation Formed More About this Parliament's 9th Indirectly-elected Senator New International Body May Adopt Quota-Preferential Counting Number 66, June 1992: Official: Poll on New Zealand Electoral System in September UK Conservatives Nearly Missed Their Unearnt Majority of Seats ATSIC Casual Vacancies Properly Filled A 9th Senator Elected by a Party Machine, Not the People Honours and a Tribute Number 65, March 1992: ACT Voters Choose Hare Clark, Resoundingly! Tasmanian Election Shows-Hare Clark's Strength Hon. Neil Robson Retires Victoria Tries Again for PR in Local Government Another Indirectly Elected Senator New Zealand May Yet Have a Poll that Includes Direct PR Number 64, December 1991: The ACT Branch's Campaign for the Advisory Poll - How Is It Going? Neil Robson on ACT Radio Last National ACT Appeal Call before Advisory Poll Greiner Government Threat to PR in NSW Local Government National Office-bearers for 1992-93 Melbourne Synod Adopts a PR Electoral System SA Boundaries Commission Report Asian Interest in PR Grows Number 63, September 1991: Polls in Singapore's City State Show How Badly a Single-member Electorate System Would Work in the ACT ACT Appeal Reminder Nominations for Election of National Office-bearers for 1992-3 National Seminar of Independents and Balance of Power MPs Colin Ball Retires Local Government The NSW Branch's NRMA Campaign May Yet Bear Fruit Query by WA Readers Seventh Senator Not "Directly Chosen by the People" The Commonwealth Constitution's Protection of Direct Election of Individual Candidates at Federal Polls Number 62, June 1991: National Appeal for Campaign Funds for ACT Advisory Poll The NSW Cliffhanger Tasmania's Ultra-low-profile Upper House Elections Synod Initiates PR Bill Number 61, March 1991: SA Branch Raises PR Awareness in Referendum on the State Constitution D'Hondt Turbulence Continues in ACT Further Senators Elected by the Party Machines, Not the People Prince Charles Quoted on PR Lords Pass Bill to Extend PR Would a US Senate Elected by PR Have Voted the Same Way? Review of the Victorian Parliament Number 60, December 1990: EARC Report Gives Few PR Crumbs Submission Defending Robson Rotation South Australia: A Milestone in the World's Electoral History SA's Single-minded Referendum Death of Founding Member of ERSSA Victoria's Third PR Attempt The passing of the UK's Reform Bill in 1832 (attachment) Electoral Reform Society of South Australia: Annual Report 1990 The Passing of the UK’s Reform Bill in 1832 PRSA National President addresses PRSA(SA) on its 60th Anniversary and the 150th Anniversary of the First Election of Adelaide City Council (World’s 1st public quota PR poll) Number 59, September 1990: EARC Congratulates Queensland Branch on its Fine Submission The 1990 General Elections: Textbook Examples of Very Severe Misrepresentation of the Will of the People New Threats to Hare-Clark PR Society Notices Moves to Escape ACT Poll Referendum D'Hondt in any form unacceptable (attachment) Number 58, June 1990: [PDF - for printing] The House of Representatives Outcome under PR News from Victoria Leave No Stone Unturned Hare-Clark Contribution Recognized in ACF Magazine Sesquicentenary of the First PR Election for a Public Body Motions to amend the PRSA Constitution Number 57, March 1990: [PDF - for printing] * * * ZILCH * * *  Referendum on A.C.T. Electoral System Recommended by Joint Standing Committee Death of Queensland Branch President The Snakes and Ladders of Senate Casual Vacancies Good News from Neil Robson PR to Have Been Extended for Local Government News from the British Isles ERS Jack Wright's CSIRO Book Launched Queensland Election Afterthoughts Number 56, December 1989:  [PDF - for printing] SA’s Vote-deficient Grouping Again Wins a Majority of Seats Liberals Committed to Hare-Clark for the Lower House Neil Robson’s New Proposals Review of Synod’s “Points System” PR Society Notices Melbourne Diocese’s Regulation of Elections Act 1980 (Points System) Points System Examples, from Enid Lakeman Number 55, September 1989: [PDF - for printing] Queensland Branch's Submission to Electoral and Administrative Review Commission Commonwealth Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters Proportional Representation Overseas Electoral Systems Paper Read at Royal Statistical Society Recent Published Statements on Proportional Representation The Herald, Melbourne: "Minorities can be too mighty"; and Letter, "We need votes without bias". How does the Senate Voting System work? Nominations for Election of National Office-Bearers 1990-91 Number 54, June 1989: Hare-Clark Gives Electoral Justice in Tasmania A.C.T. Results Finalized Party Preselection for Single Member Electorates Further Contacts with Electoral Reform Society of GB & I Number 53, March 1989: [PDF - for printing] Historic W.A. Election How the A.C.T. Suffered the Pseudo-proportional Machiavellian d'Hondt Scheme Visit by U.K. Proportionalist to the Queensland Branch Re-appearance of Blatantly Walk-in Elections Victorian Branch's Report on the 1988 Victorian Election Our Example of a Major Weakness in the NRMA Electoral Procedure is Correct The Age, Melbourne: "System may have cost Libs, NP state election win" Multiple "X" Voting Suppresses Notional Preference Votes - How An 80% Vote Winner is Defeated! Number 52, December 1988: A.C.T. Electoral Act Establishes d'Hondt Door Still Just Open in Victoria Prospect of a Tasmanian Branch Losing; Failing to Convert: & the Holding of Gains An impeccable electoral model (attachment) Number 51, September 1988: Opposition & ADs Champion Quota-Preferential for A.C.T. Labor & ADs Champion Quota-Preferential for Victoria PRSA Ballot on Constitution Alteration (Fair Elections) Bill 1988 New Zealand Electoral Reform Number 50, June 1988: Death of PRSA Founding President (1982-85) Constitutional Land Mine Defused Constitutional Bonus Gained A.C.T. Party List System Threatening Citizens' Initiative Reappears Victorian Government Initiatives Postal Ballot on Support or Opposition to Constitution Alteration (Fair Elections) Bill 1988 Letter by PRSA National President on the Constitution Alteration (Fair Elections) Bill 1988 Note that only some editions prior to June 1988 are available online currently. Number 49, March 1988: [PDF - for printing] Casual Vacancies Again Two Views from Queensland Editorial Got It Right Votes of No Value Local Government Review in South Australia ANZAAS Symposium Number 48, December 1987: [PDF - for printing] The Constitution and the Rights of Voters Office-Bearers of the Society Disappointment in Victoria 1 in a Box The Senate and the House of Representatives Number 47, September 1987: [PDF - for printing] The Federal Election Progress in Western Australia Democratic Rights Committee Reports Erratic First-past-the-post Macquarie University Adoption Cleese on SBS Local Government Elections in New South Wales Number 46, June 1987: [PDF - for printing] More Electoral 'Reform' Casual Vacancies - The Tasmanian Solution Elections Kit for Senior Secondary Students Morwell Initiative Society Loses Senior Members 'Healthy for the Party' Plan for Distortion Cleese on PR Number 45, March 1987: [PDF - for printing] Again the Joint Select Committee Not Cheaper Editorial Got It Right Votes of No Value Local Government Review in South Australia ANZAAS Symposium Number 44, December 1986: [PDF - for printing] Democracy Queensland Style Local Government Preview Change of Mind Individual and Democratic Rights Horse and Buggy A Bleak Future New Zealand Developments Logic and Elections Number 43, September 1986:[PDF - for printing] The Constitutional Commission Western Australia's Electoral Reform Bill Help with Counting Minister says No Self-Goverment for ACT Local Government - South Australia Local Government - Victoria No Need for By-Elections Number 42, June 1986: [PDF - for printing] The Real One Vote, One Value Bill First-Hand Report Facts for New Voters Democracy in the ACT? Spence Reprint Available Electoral Changes in Western Australia Embellishing the Language Number 41, March 1986: [PDF - for printing] Ensuring Democratic Elections Tasmanian Voters Knew What They Were About Significant Reprint Reform Likely in Western Australia Doubt in Victoria The ACT Council Gerrymanders and the Bill of Rights Number 40, December 1985: [PDF - for printing] Let's Be Clear About One Vote, One Value Bill of Rights Pity the South Australian Voters Constitutional Amendment Bad to Worse Catherine Helen Spence Supplement from the Retiring President to All Members of the PRSA Number 39, September 1985: [PDF - for printing} Federal Elections - Where Now? National Office-Bearers More Than Sixty Years Service to PR Interest in New Zealand Nunawading Re-run Backwards in South Australia YWCA Elections Number 38, June 1985: [PDF - for printing] Again the Joint Select Committee Making Gerrymanders Difficult Recognition of Proportional Representation Pioneer Result Challenged Democrat Action Local Government - South Australia Local Government - Victoria Political Literacy Number 37, March 1985: [PDF - for printing] What Really Happened Your Officebearers Promises in Victoria Alternative to Bottom-up New Zealand Inquiry Choosing an Electoral System Number 36, December 1984: [PDF - for printing] The Government We Deserve? The Other Place How To Vote What Next? Improving the Senate System What Makes News? Number 35, September 1984: [PDF - for printing] What Became of One Vote, One Value? Senate Problems Recognition from the British Isles Across the Tasman The Bananamander Progress towards Parliamentary Democracy Threat to Democratic System Again the SRC Number 34, June 1984: [PDF - for printing] A Fair Redistribution? Our Logo Electing the SRC First the Bad News Local Government - Four States Number 33, March 1984: [PDF - for printing] Electoral Reform - in the Future Record Broken Four-Year Terms Democracy in Politics Local Government Members on Radio Bottom Up Number 32, December 1983: [PDF - for printing] Electoral Justice? Not Just Yet, Mate The Voters Lose Again Giggling MPs Local Government It's Time New Books Number 31, September 1983: [PDF - for printing] Office-Bearers Electoral 'Reform' Finance Our Image After the Federal Election Electoral Reform, WA Style Briefly Number 31 was the first issue of Quota Notes as the PRSA National Newsletter. The issues before that were Newsletters of the PRSA’s New South Wales Branch.
Number 30, June 1983: [PDF – for printing] National Conference Our Constitution The Australian Constitution The Australian Constitution – Another View Select Committee on Electoral Reform Gerrymander Wheel Annual Meeting Local Government Number 29, March 1983: [PDF - for printing] After the Federal Election New Order in Western Australia National Conference Your Committee Annual Meeting Norfolk Island Facts Versus Critics Power to Elect Votes for Electoral Reform Number 28, November 1982: [PDF - for printing] Conference Redistribution Roulette Answering the Critics Community Proportional Representation International Collaboration Across the Tasman South Australia The Constitution Number 27, September 1982: [PDF - for printing] Your Committee More Than Just a Good Idea Action in the West Tasmania Other Auspices Recommended Reading Number 26, June 1982: [PDF - for printing] Opportunities Tasmania Annual Meeting Victoria Into the Computer Age World Outlook Number 25, March 1982: [PDF - for printing] Electoral System under Review Vice-President Message to the Leader Changing the System Ireland Mo Awards Lowe and Drummoyne Number 24, December 1981: [PDF - for printing] Federal Office-bearers A Record - Not a Contrast Not Inconsistent? Committee Changes Ashfield Experiment Western Australia No Neglected Areas Good Government Number 23, September 1981: [PDF - for printing] The Society Branch Office bearers The Other Side Thanks to the UNAA Electoral Reform and the ALP State Election Number 22, June 1981: [PDF - for printing] President's Overseas Visit Annual General Meeting Electing a Representative House South Australian Legislative Council Voting Changes Reforming Lower House Electoral Systems 'Towards Better Government' Number 21, April 1981: PDF - for printing] Allan Halkyard After the Election In the North The Society Progress in South Australia Hope in Britain In the United States             Note that only some editions prior to April 1981 are available online currently. Number 19, September 1980: [PDF - for printing] Learning by Doing Launching in Queensland Upper House Reform Local Government Facts about Hare-Clark Fifty Years Catch Them Young Four-year Terms PR on FM Your vote - effective or wasted? Number 16, December 1979: [PDF - for printing] President's Convalescence Triumph For Reason Tasmania South Australia Workshop on Proportional Representation 'MO' Awards Number 15, September 1979: [PDF - for printing] Your Officebearers Tasmania PR in the Australian Capital Territory Norfolk Island Democrats Promise Cooperation Citizens for Democracy Catherine Helen Spence - Pioneer in Electoral Reform Publications Wanted Number 14, May 1979: [PDF - for printing] Reform? In The South Annual Meeting Our Corporate Existence Queensland Overseas Amnesty International Citizens for Democracy Victorian Branch Number 13, March 1979: [PDF - for printing] Legislative Assembly Redistribution Interstate News Candid Comment Overseas News Petition UNAA Policy Decision Additional Member System
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