May 13, 2022
Making your vote count
Next Sat, 21st May 2022, Australian citizens will elect our next Australian Government. Have you decided who you will be voting for? This post describes how to make your vote count,
November 25, 2021
Practising representation – are you doing enough?
In the last blog post in the evolve democracy series, I described key elements of the system of representative democracy in Australia and introduced the term 'practising representation'. The practice of asking,
October 26, 2021
How representative is representative democracy?
In my last post about models of democracy, I said that I would evolve representative democracy rather than replace it. So, where might we start? Representative democracy is a system built on
October 14, 2021
Can democracy evolve, or does it need a revolution?
If you wanted to reform democracy, where would you start? Do we need an alternative, or can representative democracy evolve? In Australia, we have a representative democracy. We elect people to
October 14, 2021
Glossary for Democracy
Photo by Debbie Tea on Unsplash Definitions of Democracy Wikipedia definition. Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία, dēmokratiā, from dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule'[1]) is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation ("direct democracy"), or to choose governing officials to do so ("representative democracy"). Merriam-Webster definition a form of
March 2, 2021
What would you change about democracy?
Australia’s system of representative democracy and government turned 120 years old this January. Having worked in and for Australia’s Democracy for almost twenty of these years, I think it needs to