The Age of Independence? Independents in Australian Parliaments
(2010) Australasian Parliamentary Review — Vol. 25, n° 1, p. 109-135 (2010)
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Brenton, Scott 
- Abstract
- Over the past 30 years, independent candidates have improved their share of the vote in Australian elections. The number of independents elected to sit in Australian parliaments is still small, but it is growing. In 2004 Brian Costar and Jennifer Curtin examined the rise of independents and noted that independents ‘hold an allure for an increasing number of electors disenchanted with the ageing party system’ (p. 8). This paper provides an overview of the current representation of independents in Australia’s parliaments taking into account the most recent election results. The second part of the paper examines trends and makes observations concerning the influence of former party affiliations to the success of independents, the representation of independents in rural and regional areas, and the extent to which independents, rather than minor parties, are threats to the major parities. There have been 14 Australian elections at the federal, state and territory level since Costar and Curtain observed the allure of independents. But do independents still hold such an allure?
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Rodrigues, M., & Brenton, S. (2010). The Age of Independence? Independents in Australian Parliaments. Australasian Parliamentary Review, 25(1), 109-135. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/105584 (Original work published 2010)