HomeReportsHuman Rights Reports...Custom Report - df2ad37ae3 hide Human Rights Reports Custom Report Excerpts: Australia Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Sort by Country Sort by Section In this section / Australia Section 3. Freedom to Participate in the Political Process Elections and Political Participation Australia Section 3. Freedom to Participate in the Political Process The constitution and law provide citizens the ability to change their government through free and fair periodic elections held by secret ballot and based on universal and equal suffrage. Voting is mandatory. Elections and Political Participation Recent Elections: The government held a free and fair federal parliamentary election in May 2019. Voters re-elected the Liberal-National Party Coalition government. The coalition won 77 seats in the 151-seat House of Representatives; the opposition Labor Party won 68 seats and others won six seats. Participation of Women and Members of Minority Groups: No laws limit participation of women or members of historically marginalized or minority groups in the political process, and they did participate. Edit Your Custom Report
