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Voting 101

What is 'preferential voting', how do you vote 'below the line', are donkey votes counted? In this series, Matilda Boseley answers the most common questions about voting in Australia's elections for first-time voters – or anyone who may have missed those civics lessons at school

17 May 2022

  • Voting 101: your election day guide – where and how to vote in the 2022 Australian election – video

    Matilda Boseley guides you through what to do on election day

16 May 2022

  • Voting 101: what is a hung parliament and what happens if there is one on election day? - video

    Matilda Boseley explains what happens if neither Labor nor the Coalition wins enough seats on election day to form government in their own right

11 May 2022

  • Voting 101: What is pork barrelling? – video

    Matilda Boseley gives you the rundown on this odd political term 

6 May 2022

  • Voting 101: a crash course on the different political parties in Australia – video

    Who is the Labor party? What is the Coalition? Matilda Boseley takes you through a crash course of political parties in Australia

28 April 2022

  • Voting 101: what is voting below the line and is it important in Australian elections? – video

    Voting 101: Voting below the line – video

22 April 2022

  • Voting 101: what is preferential voting and how does it work in Australian elections? – video

    In Guardian Australia's Voting 101 series, Matilda Boseley explains everything you need to know about the 2022 federal election

18 April 2022

  • Voting 101: What are you voting for in the 2022 Australian federal election? – video

    In Guardian Australia's Voting 101 video series, Matilda Boseley explains everything you need to know about the 2022 federal election

10 April 2022

  • Voting 101: the 2022 Australian election has been called ... now what? – video

    Why did the prime minister visit the governor general and what happens once parliament is dissolved? 

4 April 2022

  • Voting 101: how to enrol to vote in the 2022 Australian federal election – video

    Have you enrolled to vote yet? Here's how

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