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Zareh Ghazarian

Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences
Zareh.Ghazarian@monash.edu

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Core expertise

Political parties
Public policy
Comparative politics
Elections and governance
Politics and the media
Political leadership

Biography

Zareh is a political scientist and leading commentator on Australian Politics, appearing regularly on national and international television and radio. His teaching and research interests include elections, institutions of governance, political leadership and comparative politics. He has published widely in academic journals and is co-author of “Australian Politics for Dummies.”

Zareh’s latest book, The Making of a Party System: Minor Parties in the Australian Senate explores the rise of minor parties in the Australian Senate.

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Change or die: how the Liberal Party’s long resistance to reform has left it fighting for life post image

Change or die: how the Liberal Party’s long resistance to reform has left it fighting for life

Ben Carroll is the new Victorian premier. He has a long and urgent to‑do list – and 4 months until an election post image

Ben Carroll is the new Victorian premier. He has a long and urgent to‑do list – and 4 months until an election

The Victorian Labor government had many successes. But it has also had its failures – and these have lost the voters post image

The Victorian Labor government had many successes. But it has also had its failures – and these have lost the voters

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation surges – Farrer and Nepean byelections to decide its lower house fate post image

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation surges – Farrer and Nepean byelections to decide its lower house fate

From hibernation to powerhouse? One Nation’s re-emergence in Australian politics post image

From hibernation to powerhouse? One Nation’s re-emergence in Australian politics

Strengthening Australian democracy through civic education in schools and universities post image

Strengthening Australian democracy through civic education in schools and universities

The under-16s social media ban will damage young people’s political education post image

The under-16s social media ban will damage young people’s political education

Australian federal election 2025: Where it was won and lost post image

Australian federal election 2025: Where it was won and lost

Election 2025: Can independents maintain the momentum from the 2022 poll? post image

Election 2025: Can independents maintain the momentum from the 2022 poll?

Early voting opens in the federal election – but it brings some problems for voters and parties post image

Early voting opens in the federal election – but it brings some problems for voters and parties

How might the House of Representatives shape up after the 2025 federal election? post image

How might the House of Representatives shape up after the 2025 federal election?

Keep an eye on the Senate – the people elected to it this year will have immense power for years post image

Keep an eye on the Senate – the people elected to it this year will have immense power for years