In Australia terms have traditionally been for three years, but in recent decades these have been extended to four years in most parliaments. Some parliaments have adopted or are considering fixed terms, and this paper assesses the arguments for and against.  
We evaluate the e¤ects of the duration of legislative terms on the performance of legislators. Causa...
Introduction: This publication updates work published by David Black in 1996 under the title Women p...
Parliamentary institutions have undergone a revival internationally during the last twenty years. As...
As leader of the opposition before the 2007 election, and now as prime minister, Kevin Rudd promised...
Queensland recently voted in favour of a move from non-fixed three-year parliamentary terms to a fix...
[Extract] Liberal MP David Coleman plans to introduce a private member’s bill to bring in fixed, fou...
During 2000-01 the Department of the Parliamentary Library published \u27Four-year terms for the Hou...
On Saturday 19th March 2016, Queenslanders voted in the quadrennial local council elections. At the ...
This paper reviews the near-century of Parliamentary development of the Commonwealth electoral syste...
became the first government in Australia to win three consecutive four-year terms. The election brou...
The ease with which an early election has been called has raised questions about the purpose of the ...
Australia’s ‘hybrid’ executive-legislative relationship, whereby the two chambers of parliament have...
Can fixing the parliamentary term be expected to reduce electoral incumbency advantages? The UK’s 20...
This three-year Australian Research Council-funded project builds on a partnership between the ANU a...
The 2011 Fixed-Term Parliaments Act was the most successful of the constitutional reform measures ch...
We evaluate the e¤ects of the duration of legislative terms on the performance of legislators. Causa...
Introduction: This publication updates work published by David Black in 1996 under the title Women p...
Parliamentary institutions have undergone a revival internationally during the last twenty years. As...
As leader of the opposition before the 2007 election, and now as prime minister, Kevin Rudd promised...
Queensland recently voted in favour of a move from non-fixed three-year parliamentary terms to a fix...
[Extract] Liberal MP David Coleman plans to introduce a private member’s bill to bring in fixed, fou...
During 2000-01 the Department of the Parliamentary Library published \u27Four-year terms for the Hou...
On Saturday 19th March 2016, Queenslanders voted in the quadrennial local council elections. At the ...
This paper reviews the near-century of Parliamentary development of the Commonwealth electoral syste...
became the first government in Australia to win three consecutive four-year terms. The election brou...
The ease with which an early election has been called has raised questions about the purpose of the ...
Australia’s ‘hybrid’ executive-legislative relationship, whereby the two chambers of parliament have...
Can fixing the parliamentary term be expected to reduce electoral incumbency advantages? The UK’s 20...
This three-year Australian Research Council-funded project builds on a partnership between the ANU a...
The 2011 Fixed-Term Parliaments Act was the most successful of the constitutional reform measures ch...
We evaluate the e¤ects of the duration of legislative terms on the performance of legislators. Causa...
Introduction: This publication updates work published by David Black in 1996 under the title Women p...
Parliamentary institutions have undergone a revival internationally during the last twenty years. As...