Election year: electing Australia's federal parliament

Australia, 1981

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In showing the conduct of a federal election this film shows how electoral boundaries are fixed, how candidates for election are selected by the political parties and also how votes are counted in elections for both the senate and the representatives

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Credits

director

Martin Cohen

producer

Peter Johnson

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:25:30:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014912

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Politics and government

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Elections

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Federal government - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political corruption

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political parties

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Politicians - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Politics - Australia

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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