Students must answer One questions from the 6 below. (NB. Some questions have two parts).
o The word limit is 1000 words TOTAL.
o Students should use academic works (books, journal articles etc) in preparing their answers.
o Referencing is not a high priority, but students should indicate where ideas, facts, data come from, in the text and with a simple reference list.
Questions
1. Should Australia abolish compulsory voting and return to voluntary voting?
2. Should we think of The Nationals as a major or minor party?
3. Can Australia’s major parties be described as ‘mass parties’ or are they better described using some other term(s)?
4. Has Australia’s system of government (ie its key institutions and their relationships) helped or hindered the response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
5. Has reform of the Australian Public Service in recent decades resulted in a politicised public service?
6. Do interest groups improve public policy in Australia?
