Australia's democratic system is unlike any other on Earth.

As a nation, we sort of vaguely understand this, and take a generalised pride in the triennial democracy sausage, and the beige, competent omnipresence of the Australian Electoral Commission.

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Annabel Crabb unearths the individuals and stories behind the features that combine to make Australian democracy globally unique.

But the itemised list of our peculiarities, and the tales that twine around the getting of them at various points along the life-span of our young Federation — just 125 years old next year! — is worth reviewing, if you have a moment.

Because while we tend to think of our federal system — the vast bureaucracy that radiates across the continent from Canberra (a city

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