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Brian Costar is Professor of Victorian Parliamentary Democracy and the Director of the Democratic Audit of Australia . His principal areas of research are Australian political parties, state and federal parliamentary politics, and electoral systems and behaviour. He is a frequent commentator on state and federal politics in the press and the broadcast media, and has written widely on contemporary political issues. His current research focuses on coalition politics, campaign finance laws and parliamentary privilege . Among his books are The Victorian Premiers: 1856-2006 (co-editor and contributor) (Federation Press, 2006), The Great Labor Schism: A Retrospective (co-editor and contributor) (Scribe, 2005), Rebels With a Cause: Independents in Australian Politics (with Jennifer Curtin) (UNSW Press, 2004), Deadlock or Democracy? The Future of the Senate (editor) (UNSW Press, 2000) and The Kennett Revolution (co-editor and contributor) (UNSW Press, 1999).
Research Interests
- Electoral systems, parliaments, political parties state and regional politics
Current Research Activities
- Parliamentary and Executive Privilege in the UK and Australia
- Citizenship and electoral enrolment
- The politics of parliamentary Opposition
- Political money
Publications and Other Research Outputs
 Go to Swinburne Research Bank
Postgraduate Supervision
Current Students
Michelle Dimasi (Christmas Island and Australia's Asylum Seeker Policy)
Willie Kamara (Charter of rights in the Australian States)
Kamren Mestan (Welfare change, social rights and paternalism)
Jennifer Newton-Farrelly (Fairness and Equity in Electoral Redistributions in Australia)
Kerry Ryan (The aims and effects of the Australian Citizenship test)
Completions
Anthnony Lamb - Idealism, Cooperation or Opportunism? - a study of the relationships between Australia's first Minority Country Party Government and the majority parties.
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