Online voting as the big fix for low turnout is not a brainwave, it’s a brainfartYes, there’s a problem, but we should regard any suggestion of a single, simple solution with deep suspicion.By Julienne Molineaux | 17th October, 2019Guest writer
What are DHB elections and can we get rid of them? A Spinoff explainerIf you’ve ever voted in a local election, you’ll know the confusion, boredom, and anger that comes from trying to fill out the DHB section of your ballot.By Julienne Molineaux | 29th September, 2019Guest writer
There’s a land in the South Pacific where you can vote based on owning propertyJulienne Molineaux explains a strange relic in the local body electoral system.By Julienne Molineaux | 1st July, 2019Guest writer
Is ‘social investment’ just a warm and fuzzy cloak for seeking to shrink the state?Budget 2017: Bill English has been trumpeting the "social investment approach" as a core part of his thinking, and it underpins much of this week's budget. For economist Simon Chapple, however, it amounts to a rhetorical banner that obscures standard centre-right political goalsBy Julienne Molineaux | 24th May, 2017Guest writer
