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Campaign Cut-through: MMP needs fixing, not ditching

From Otago University - Comment: Luxon's call for an MMP referendum sidesteps critical electoral repairs in favour of a major political power grab, writes Dr Michael Swanson.

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Coalition leadership is hard. Luxon’s ‘nuclear option’ of electoral reform is not the answer

Much to everyone’s surprise – including, it seems, his National Party colleagues – Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has committed to offering voters the chance to revisit their electoral system. Again.

The Conversation

UK aid cuts will cause untold damage, wildlife charities warn – as they fear for future of key programmes

IN FOCUS: Nick Ferris talks to groups around Britain and Africa about the cost-cutting that is already taking place, and the difficult few years ahead

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Disproportional representation: what the UK election landslide would look like under NZ’s MMP system

At first glance, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has just put in a performance for the ages in the British general election.

The Conversation

Why are we waiting?

A long wait for special votes, lengthy coalition negotiations – is our MMP electoral system slow and cumbersome, or fair and democratic?

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In trying to close its coal power plant, Austin encounters obstacles to going green

The city approved a plan in 2020 to shut the Fayette Power Project plant with the aim of eliminating carbon emissions. But political, economic and technological forces have gotten in the way.

The Texas Tribune

Polls apart: NZ and Germany interpret MMP quite differently

With 16 federal states, each conducting its own parliamentary election – most with five-year terms – there is roughly one MMP election somewhere in Germany every three months. writes Oliver Hartwich

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Where's the action on MMP?

On the 30th anniversary of the referendum to change to MMP, Michael Swanson urges the next government to act on the 2023 Independent Electoral Review and make changes for the better.

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MMP system is complex and secretive

Advantages of the First-Past-the-Post system are that it tends to deliver stable, single-party governments, and there is rarely any need for coalitions, argues Michael Johnston

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MMP and my part in the downfall of First Past the Post

My interest in electoral reform began in New Zealand in 1987, taking me to London and Berlin to campaign and research. MMP won out but National and Labour still do not like changes that might threaten their dominance, writes Philip Temple

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MMP in New Zealand turns 30 at this year’s election – a work in progress, but still a birthday worth celebrating

In a tidy alignment of round numbers, this year’s general election will also mark the 30th anniversary of the binding referendum that ushered in the mixed member proportional (MMP) system of voting. It will also be the tenth election held under the proportional system, truly a generational milestone in New…

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Tasmanian farmer wages battle over logging plan, fearing swift parrot habitat loss

A Tasmanian apple farmer says he was told forest next to his property was safe from logging but then out of the blue, bulldozers started to roll in.

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