The cost of Australian elections; the French election and the growth of venture capital

As we all await for the Prime Minister to announce the date for
the 2022 Federal Election, the Australian Electoral Commission
began preparing for it the day after the last election in 2019.
What is involved and what is the cost of running an election
across the nation? The AEC's spokesperson, Evan Ekin-Smyth
explains. And the French head to the polls this weekend in the
first round of Presidential elections. In the last few weeks,
polling shows a close contest with purchasing power as a number
one issue, but there are other factors at play with a result that
not only affects France but the EU as well. Lionel Page,
Professor of Economics at the University of Queensland,
discusses. And venture capital: Sebastian Mallaby, the Paul A
Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council
on Foreign Relations, charts the history and the impact of this
once risky venture.