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Australia: Political Developments and Data in 2018

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

MARIJA TAFLAGA  and
JENNIFER CURTIN
MARIJA TAFLAGA
Affiliation:
Australian National University , Acton, ACT, Australia
JENNIFER CURTIN
Affiliation:
University of Auckland , New Zealand
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Political Data Yearbook , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , December 2019 , pp. 12 - 20
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Copyright © 2019 European Consortium for Political Research

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