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Australia: Political development and data for 2017

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

MARIJA TAFLAGA and
JENNIFER CURTIN
MARIJA TAFLAGA
Affiliation:
Australian National University , Australia
JENNIFER CURTIN
Affiliation:
University of Auckland , New Zealand
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Political Data Yearbook , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , December 2018, pp. 14 - 22
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