by Hannah Scopelitis | Jun 3, 2022 | Election '22 - Australia Decides, News
Thousands of UOW students voted in this year’s federal election and lots of us would have been voting for the first time. The Australian Labor Party headed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won enough seats to form a majority government, but the election...
by Scarlett Lewis | May 25, 2022 | Election '22 - Australia Decides, Govt & Politics, News
With just 140 votes lifting the Liberal Party’s last remaining hope Andrew Constance ahead of Labor’s Fiona Phillips, the race for the seat of Gilmore on NSW’s South Coast has shown the Coalition that overriding local branch favourites can lose them an election. The...
by Jeremy Eager | May 25, 2022 | Election '22 - Australia Decides, Govt & Politics, News
The Greens have received a large swing of 6.25% in the seat of Cunningham, but it was not enough to take the seat away from the ALP. Greens candidate Dylan Green said while he lost, the swing represented a positive change. Labor’s Alison Byrnes has taken over...
by Jasper Baumann | May 25, 2022 | Election '22 - Australia Decides, News
Anthony Albanese has emerged victorious after winning the 2022 Federal Election, with the Labor government set to form the next parliament of Australia. This makes Anthony Albanese only the fourth Labor leader to beat the opposition since World War II behind Gough...
by Natasha Bini | May 18, 2022 | Election '22 - Australia Decides, Govt & Politics, News
In Australia, the federal government is made up of two houses – the House of Representatives and the Senate. To win government a party needs to hold the majority of seats in the House of Representatives. Australia is made up of 151 electorates and one member is...
by Scarlett Lewis | May 18, 2022 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, Election '22 - Australia Decides, News
Illawarra residents gathered at the University of Wollongong on Tuesday to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), drawing attention to the violence and discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people, and to stand in solidarity...
