Analyzing the Professional Networks of Australian Members of Parliament from 1947 to 2019

This study analyzes the professional networks of Australian Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1947 to 2019 using complex hypergraph methods. It reveals insights into the decline of working-class and trade unionist representation in the Australian Labor Party, the homogeneous elitism of the mid-20th century Liberal Party, and the increasing similarity of both parties' professional networks over time.