Auspol Explained

In this video I explain how to fill in your ballots for the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council as well as explain why the two are different. This is not about who to vote for as that decision is entirely up to you! I also explain the difference between voting above and below the line for the Legislative Council. The next WA election is currently scheduled for 8 March 2025, but can be called early by the Governor.  

To learn more about elections for WA state parliament go to: https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/ 

To find your electoral district/region go to: https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/electorates/find-your-electorate  

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A copy of the script (which usually has citations but all the information is from the WA elections website) can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GlnN5vdcG7QT8m6Fh_QesJwzAC4Kmr9o/view?usp=sharing   

If the information in this episode becomes out of date I will delete it and upload a new video so as to ensure accuracy. For any further questions please visit the WA electoral commission website linked above.  

Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the video was filmed and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

Who was Frank Forde and why did he only serve for a week as Prime Minister? Join me as I give a brief overview of the highs and lows of Frank Forde's surprisingly long political life and career from being a young member of Queensland state politics to retirement so one more person can know about this iconic, yet rarely talked about, Prime Minister.  

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Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the video was filmed and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

A Christmas Prince is a romantic trilogy of Christmas movies on Netflix where Amber, an American journalist, goes to cover the story of Prince Richard's potential ascension or abdication of the throne of the fictional country of Aldovia. But wait! There's love! There's mistaken identities! There's a lot of real world parallels with monarchies! So just in what ways does it stack up compared to both contemporary and historic Kings and Queens?   

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As is tradition here's my script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FTqJOI3bAgvjEC_aARuzfkXm9mihu4bd/view?usp=sharing  

This episode discusses the Netflix movie: A Christmas Prince distributed by Netflix and produced by MPCA  Directed by Kiwi Zaam, written by Karen Schaler and Nathan Atkins. This is not a paid endorsement.

Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the video was filmed and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

Australia has 6 states and 10 territories and there are a few differences between them - not just between states and territories but there are different kinds of territories as well. In this video I go over the politics and history of both internal and external territories.   

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Here's a copy of the script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rSyLfXjOJ9LpLhvbfHBNuPr9sUDqmxvZ/view?usp=sharing   

Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the video was filmed and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

The Australian Labor Party has one odd mystery... Given that Australian's use British English and spell words like colour, humour, etc with O-U-R, why does the ALP spell their name without a U? The name comes from "labour", because of its origins with the workers movements and unions, but where along the line did the spelling become Americanised? Well that's exactly what I'm going to find out. Join me in a dive through history, a very obviously not Canadian man, and a Labor historian's commentary on booklets as I get to the bottom of this once and for all.  

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Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the video was filmed and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

How would a government hypothetically go about destroying democracy in Australia and how could they be stopped? Today I explore all the various legal ways to prevent a corrupt government from holding power indefinitely and refusing to hold elections, and then I point out how extreme a government would need to get before those legal protections fall apart. Fun.  

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Find a copy of the script here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nW36c5oySa5g9pkVZ0nokAUvIL1O3wdR/view?usp=sharing   

Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the video was filmed and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

What does your local council actually do? Well I got to sit down with the Mayor of Fremantle to discuss what his job is and how local government works in their area. Turns out the answer is they do a lot of things. From how they get funding, to how they originated, to how their size changes drastically between areas, and more - I dive into everything you need to know about the role and scope of local government.  

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Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the video was filmed and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

Convention. I say it a lot. It happens a lot in the function of government. So what is it? Why do we have so many conventions and what happens if we just don't follow them anymore? I explore how there's a lot not mentioned in the constitution and the traditions we've inherited from the Westminster system that have resulted in how government functions today.  

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Find a copy of the script here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kamczL5FK7k9dYoHoLm3reQ2AG-9ah5d/view?usp=sharing   

Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the video was filmed and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

How does voting work in Australia? What is preferential voting? Can a vote be "wasted"? These are the questions I answer in this video as I explain to you how to fill in a ballot paper for the Senate and the House of Representatives. It's pretty simple and helps give you a lot of power over who you want to vote for!  

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Learn more about voting at www.AEC.gov.au

Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the video was filmed and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

There have been many Prime Ministers throughout history and even more political biographies written about them. We can learn a huge amount of information from them but how good are they as weapons of self defence? This is the important question I set out to answer.  

This episode works better as a video, but contains audio descriptions of the book covers for accessibility purposes that will help you visualise the books I'm holding as weapons. Enjoy.

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Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the video was filmed and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.