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  • Declining memberships and A...
    Head, Michael

    Alternative law journal, 06/2022, Volume: 47, Issue: 2
    Journal Article

    In recent decades, membership of established parties in parliamentary democracies such as Australia has been in marked decline. This has been accompanied by the regulation of political parties, featuring membership tests for the registration of non-parliamentary parties. This article raises questions about both the legality and democratic credentials of the 'membership testing process' applied by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).