If the snags are the primary reason you are waiting until election day to vote instead of voting early, then this one is for ...

A humble sausage, local camaraderie, and complex psychology blend into Australia’s uniquely relaxed voting culture.

Masterfoods Australia has hit on a widely used and accepted cultural reference – ‘the democracy sausage’ – in a campaign to promote its brand through a slathering of Democracy Sauce.Around 4000 ...

Politics is all about perception. So can how you’re photographed demolishing a democracy sausage really swing it for a pollie ...

"Democracy sausage" was named Australia's word of the year after the term was embraced at this year's national election to describe the tradition of grilling sausages on barbecues for hungry ...

There are many quaint things that are part of election culture in Australia. The democracy sausage sizzle is difficult to ...

Public servants navigate tensions between using public opinion data for policymaking and maintaining apolitical integrity.

That image can make or break you. Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten eats that sausage sandwich in Sydney in 2016. A younger PM chomps into a democracy sausage in 2019. Opposition leader Peter ...