A commitment to openness would affirm democratic values and principles, write Rebecca LaForgia and Bryan Mercurio.

It is often assumed that elections in nations with long-standing democratic processes, such as Australia, Canada, Britain and the US, are 'free and fair'. Bryan Mercurio and George Williams examine whether the Australian electoral system fits this description, with the primary focus on the federal aspect of that system. While for many there would be...

While the recent WTO agreement allowing developing countries to import life-saving drugs by bypassing patent laws is beneficial, a majority of the drugs used to combat epidemics are off-patent or not patented in many developing countries. Consequently, according to Bryan Mercurio, the agreement will do very little to assist those nations in preventing and treating...

Discrimination based on disability has, for some time, been illegal and intolerable. Why then, asks Bryan Mercurio, do we allow such discrimination to continue at the ballot box, where disabled and illiterate Australians must abandon their right to vote in secrecy, an absolute right held in the highest regard in a democratic system, even though...